PERCEPTIONS OF INEQUALITY AND RISK

Research on Economic Inequality

Volumn 12, Issue , 2004, Pages 97-133

  Cowell, Frank A ^a   Cruces, Guillermo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Experiment; Inequality; Mean preserving spread; Risk; Transfer principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148954637     PISSN: 10492585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-2585(04)12004-8     Document Type: Review

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