On the welfare evaluation of income and opportunity

Contributions to Theoretical Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Villar, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

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EID: 21244467513     PISSN: 15345971     EISSN: 15345971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-5971.1129     Document Type: Article

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