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Rural-Urban Income Inequality under Financial Development and Trade Openness in Pakistan: The Econometric Evidence

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  • Muhammad Shahbaz

    (Social Policy and Development Centre, Karachi.)

  • Naveed Aamir

    (Social Policy and Development Centre, Karachi.)

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  • Muhammad Shahbaz & Naveed Aamir, 2007. "Rural-Urban Income Inequality under Financial Development and Trade Openness in Pakistan: The Econometric Evidence," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 46(4), pages 657-672.
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