The Lorenz curve as an archetype: A historico-epistemological study

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 573-585

  Derobert, Laurent ^a   Thieriot, Guillaume ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Archetype; Concentration of wealth; Epistemiology; Images; Lorenz; Lorenz curve; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344824457     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0967256032000137720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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