Risk perceptions, income transformations and inequality

European Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 964-976

  Amiel, Yoram ^a   Cowell, F A ^b   Polovin, Avraham ^a  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income transformations; Inequality; Risk

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035007219     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00118-0     Document Type: Article

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