Improvement indices of well-being

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-303

  Tsui, Kai Yuen ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0013372135     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00179233     Document Type: Article

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