Inequality and growth: What does the transition economy data say?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-56

  Sukiassyan, Grigor ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross country analysis; Gini coefficient; Income inequality; Panel data; Transition economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947732875     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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