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Equality of opportunity and luck

Definitions and testable conditions, with an application to income in France

Bibliographic Data

ID19035995
AuthorsArnaud Lefranc (0000-0003-0105-584X, corresponding author), Nicolas Pistolesi, Alain Trannoy (0000-0002-5263-0421)
Year2009
Volume93
Issue11-12
Pages1189-1207
Publication date2009-08-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Public Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2727 • E-ISSN: 1879-2316
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.07.008
OpenAlexW1509302551
LanguageEN
Citations received78
References cited39

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