Measures of relative equality and their meaning in terms of social welfare

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(78)90042-XzbMath0404.90007MaRDI QIDQ1256944

David Donaldson, Charles Blackorby

Publication date: 1978

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

zbMATH Keywords

AlgorithmEconomic IndicesIncome DistributionMeasures of Relative EqualitySocial Welfare Functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Economic time series analysis (91B84) Social choice (91B14)

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