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https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/2635| Title: | Testing inter-country inequality: the case of the arab world | Authors: | Daia, Roula Al Saab, Gretta |
Affiliations: | Department of Economics Department of Economics |
Keywords: | Kuznets inverted-U hypothesis Arab World Inequality Theil's Entropy Index |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Part of: | Journal of competition forum | Volume: | 8 | Issue: | 2 | Start page: | 287 | End page: | 298 | Abstract: | The objective of this paper is to test the existence of Kuznets's inverted-U pattern of inequality at the intercountry level inside a group of 20 countries belonging to the Arab League. In order to achieve this objective, an intercountry inequality index was calculated then the existence of an inverted-U pattern was tested. The results seem to confirm the existence of this pattern between the Arab countries between 1982 and 2006. |
URI: | https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/2635 | Open URL: | Link to full text | Type: | Journal Article |
| Appears in Collections: | Department of Economics |
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