Who compares to Whom? The anatomy of income comparisons in Europe

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 544, 2010, Pages 573-594

  Clark, Andrew E ^a   Senik, Claudia ^a  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMAND ANALYSIS; INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 77953758430     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02359.x     Document Type: Article

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