Openness, welfare spending, and inequality in the developing world

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 683-709

  Rudra, Nita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC SPENDING; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 4344629514     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-8833.2004.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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