On lateral thinking

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-328

  Atkinson, Anthony B ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copula; Health inequality; Inequality; Multidimensional

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052842434     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-010-9149-9     Document Type: Article

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