Inequality and Market Failure

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 473-491

  Weeden, Kim A ^a   Grusky, David B ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

markets; relational inequality; rents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893273067     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213503336     Document Type: Article

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