Social welfare, inequality, and poverty when needs differ

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-448

  Ebert, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 10044260033     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-003-0266-2     Document Type: Article

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