On the distributional consequences of epidemics

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-245

  Boucekkine, Raouf ^a,b   Laffargue, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Endogenous survival; Epidemics; Income distribution; Medium term dynamics; Orphans

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749113022     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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