Chancing an interpretation: Slutsky's random cycles revisited Footnote∗

∗ I am grateful to the comments of two anonymous referees for some suggested improvements and clarifications on an earlier version of this article. One referee's comments were particularly detailed and I thank them especially for their assistance.

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