Investment talent and the Pareto wealth distribution: Theoretical and experimental analysis

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 709-725

  Levy, Moshe ^a   Levy, Haim ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0242643036     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465303322369830     Document Type: Article

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