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Decomposing Monetary Inequality in the Arab Region

Sami BibiERF and Centre Inter-Universitaire sur le Risque les Politiques Économiques et l’emploi (CIRPÉE) and Poverty and Econonic Policy (PEP) Network Department of Economics, University of Laval Quebec, Canada, G1K [email protected]
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Abdelrahmen El LahgaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 99-117 | Received 02 Nov 2010, Accepted 08 Feb 2011, Published online: 12 Feb 2014

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