Measuring inequality by counting 'complaints': Theory and empirics

Economics and Philosophy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Devooght, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0347592666     PISSN: 02662671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266267103001147     Document Type: Review

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