Exploring the absolutist vs relativist perception of poverty using a cross-country questionnaire survey

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-283

  Corazzini, Luca ^a,b   Esposito, Lucio ^c   Majorano, Francesca ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d United Nations World Food Program   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Cross country questionnaire survey; Poverty perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952819412     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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