Finance, inequality and the poor

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-49

  Beck, Thorsten ^a   Demirgüç Kunt, Asli ^a   Levine, Ross ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Financial systems; Income distribution; Poverty alleviation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016653478     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-007-9010-6     Document Type: Article

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