A discipline without sympathy: The happiness of the majority and its demise

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 937-954

  Peart, Sandra J ^a   Levy, David M ^b  

^a BALDWIN WALLACE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 26844499012     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2005.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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