Wealth heterogeneity and escape from the poverty-environment trap

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1041-1068

  Ikefuji, Masako ^a   Horii, Ryo ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 35349025907     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2007.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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