The concept of a "merit good" the ethical dimension in economic theory and the history of economic thought or the transformation of economics into socio-economics

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-153

  Ver Eecke, W ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032325549     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(99)80081-X     Document Type: Article

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