The value of opportunities over time when preferences are unstable

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 665-682

  Sugden, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35349028407     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-007-0250-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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