Half a world: Regional inequality in five great federations

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 408-445

  Milanovic, Branko ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; China; India; Indonesia; Regional inequality; USA; World inequality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 31744448512     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: 14699648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547860500291562     Document Type: Article

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