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Revisiting CES Utility Functions for Distributional Preferences: Do People Face the Equality–efficiency Trade-off?

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  • Keigo Inukai & Yuta Shimodaira & Kohei Shiozawa, 2022. "Revisiting CES Utility Functions for Distributional Preferences: Do People Face the Equality–efficiency Trade-off?," ISER Discussion Paper 1195, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka.
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