Poverty and inequality analysis within a CGE framework: A comparative analysis of the representative agent and microsimulation approaches

Development Policy Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-331

  Savard, Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY;

EID: 18144381940     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2005.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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