Vague language and precise measurement: The case of poverty

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-58

  Qizilbash, Mozaffar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Methodology; Poverty; Supervaluationism; Vagueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344629913     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350178032000042059     Document Type: Review

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