Ordinal vs cardinal status: Two examples

Economics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-19

  Bilancini, Ennio ^a   Boncinelli, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardinality; D0; Ordinality; Social comparison; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949091085     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.03.027     Document Type: Article

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