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Fiscal Policy and Its Role in Reducing Income Inequality- A CGE Analysis for Pakistan

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  • Arshad Ali Bhatti

    (School of Economics; IIIE, International Islamic University, Islamabad)

  • Zakia Batool

    (Economics Department, NUML, Islamabad)

  • Hasnain A. Naqvi

    (Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad.)

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  • Arshad Ali Bhatti & Zakia Batool & Hasnain A. Naqvi, 2015. "Fiscal Policy and Its Role in Reducing Income Inequality- A CGE Analysis for Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 54(4), pages 843-864.
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