Minimal relativism, dominance, and standard of living comparisons based on functionings

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 354-374

  Pattanaik, Prasanta K ^a   Xu, Yongsheng ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVING STANDARD; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; STANDARD OF LIVING;

EID: 34447650929     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpl030     Document Type: Article

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