Regional welfare weights for Turkey

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 357-368

  Sezer, Haluk ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income; Turkey; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748714311     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580610706582     Document Type: Article

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