The marginal social valuation of income for the UK

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-43

  Evans, David ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social behaviour; Social values; United Kingdom; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349095511     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580810844415     Document Type: Article

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