Partial ordering of unpredictable mobility with welfare implications

Economica

Volumn 75, Issue 299, 2008, Pages 592-604

  Ben Shahar, Danny ^a   Sulganik, Eyal ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; INDEX METHOD; MATRIX; MOBILITY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 48049114155     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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