A bayesian analysis of the spatial concentration of individual wealth in the US North during the nineteenth century

Demographic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1035-1074

  Kasakoff, Alice Bee ^a   Lawson, Andrew B ^b   Van Meter, Emily M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 84897953643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.36     Document Type: Article

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