Income inequality and economic development: evidence from the threshold regression model
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Using panel data we investigate the relationship between income inequality and economic development. We employ a threshold regression model that allows for endogenous income thresholds and find strong evidence of a two-regime split in our sample. 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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