Doing wonders with an egg: Optimal re-distribution when households differ in market and non-market abilities

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 479-498

  Balestrino, Alessandro ^a   Cigno, Alessandro ^b   Pettini, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 65349124904     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9779.00144     Document Type: Article

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