Taking empirical studies seriously: The principle of concentration and the measurement of welfare and inequality

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 555-574

  Ebert, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 62349126470     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-008-0339-3     Document Type: Article

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