Inequality, democracy, and persistence: Is there a political Kuznets curve?

Economics and Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-212

  Chong, Alberto ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; KUZNETS CURVE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL THEORY;

EID: 3142726279     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2004.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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