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The Links between Finance and Inequality: Channels and Evidence

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  • Enrico Perotti

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  • Stijn Claessens & Enrico Perotti, 2005. "The Links between Finance and Inequality: Channels and Evidence," World Bank Publications - Reports 9227, The World Bank Group.
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