A controversial proposal concerning inequality measurement

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Publication:1099767

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(88)90010-5zbMath0638.90025OpenAlexW2071998394MaRDI QIDQ1099767

Menahem E. Yaari

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(88)90010-5




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