Keeping up with the Joneses, growth, and distribution

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 575-600

  Tsoukis, Chris ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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ECONOMIC THEORY; GROWTH MODELING;

EID: 34547699247     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2007.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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