Relative satisfaction and welfare maximizing wealth distribution

DOI10.2202/1935-1704.1513MaRDI QIDQ2867439zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alex Coram, Lyle Noakes

Publication date 19 December 2013

Published in The B. E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2202/1935-1704.1513

zbMATH Keywords

inequalitypositional goodsrelative advantagestatuswealth distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Welfare economics (91B15)

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