Egalitarianism and incentives

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 324-348

  Debraj, Ray ^a,b   Ueda, Kaoru ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Barcelona)   (Spain)

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EID: 0030295781     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1996.0124     Document Type: Article

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