Effects of income inequality on China's economic growth

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-86

  Qin, Duo ^a   Cagas, Marie Anne ^c   Ducanes, Geoffrey ^d   He, Xinhua ^b   Liu, Rui ^b   Liu, Shiguo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c SAS INSTITUTE INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

China; Growth; Income inequality; Macroeconometric model

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649156416     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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