Income inequality within European regions: Determinants and effects on growth

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-406

  Perugini, Cristiano ^a   Martino, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 49149109863     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2008.00280.x     Document Type: Review

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