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Individual Rationality And The Social Valuation Of Life

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  • Kanbur, Ravi

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  • Besley, Tim & Kanbur, Ravi, 1988. "Individual Rationality And The Social Valuation Of Life," Economic Research Papers 268334, University of Warwick - Department of Economics.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.268334
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    2. Makowski, Louis, 1980. "A characterization of perfectly competitive economies with production," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 208-221, April.
    3. Sen, Amartya, 1973. "On Economic Inequality," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198281931.
    4. Williams, Alan, 1979. "A note on `trying to value a life'," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 257-258, October.
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