Refitting the Kuznets curve

Economics Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-261

  Desbordes, Rodolphe ^a   Verardi, Vincenzo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Inequality; Kuznets curve; Nonparametric analysis; Panel estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859190670     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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