International income inequality: Measuring ppp bias by estimating engel curves for food

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1093-1117

  Almås, Ingvild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 84862505058     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.2.1093     Document Type: Review

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