Opportunity sets and individual well-being

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-112

  Bessert, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0010751538     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003550050054     Document Type: Article

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