The World Income Distribution
β Scribed by Daron Acemoglu and Jaume Ventura
- Book ID
- 121813715
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 757 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-5533
- DOI
- 10.2307/2696438
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