Unequal unification? Income inequality and unification in nineteenth century Italy and Germany
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Income inequality; unification; federalism; Germany; Italy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N13 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- N43 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
- H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
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