On ranking compact and comprehensive opportunity sets

Mathematical social sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-119

  Xu, Yongsheng ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freedom of choice; Opportunity set; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037396617     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4896(03)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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