Econophysics of income and wealth distributions

Econophysics of Income and Wealth Distributions

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-214

  Chatterjee, Arnab ^d  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139004169     Document Type: Book

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