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Welfarism and interpersonal comparisons

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  • Claude d' Aspremont

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  • Claude d' Aspremont, 1994. "Welfarism and interpersonal comparisons," Investigaciones Economicas, Fundación SEPI, vol. 18(1), pages 3-17, January.
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