Kuznets's hypothesis and the data constraint

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 813-818

  Pessoa, Argentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; KUZNETS CURVE;

EID: 67650092728     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701221881     Document Type: Article

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