Nonlinearity between Inequality and Growth

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lin, Shu Chin ^a   Huang, Ho Chuan ^a   Kim, Dong Hyeon ^b   Yeh, Chih Chuan ^c  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OVERSEAS CHINESE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Growth; Inequality; Instrumental variables; Threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650905145     PISSN: 10811826     EISSN: 15583708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-3708.1635     Document Type: Article

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