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Can faster income growth reduce well-being?

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  • Basant Kapur, 2005. "Can faster income growth reduce well-being?," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 25(1), pages 155-171, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sochwe:v:25:y:2005:i:1:p:155-171
    DOI: 10.1007/s00355-005-0040-8
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