Homogeneous Middles vs. Heterogeneous Tails, and the End of the 'Inverted-U': It's All About the Share of the Rich

Development and Change

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-153

  Palma, José Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOW INCOME POPULATION;

EASTERN EUROPE; LATIN AMERICA; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 79954460666     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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