Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being
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- BLACKORBY, Charles & BOSSERT, Walter, 2004. "Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being," Cahiers de recherche 2004-06, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques.
- Blackorby, Charles & Bossert, Walter, 2004. "Interpersonal Comparisons Of Well-Being," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 711, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
- Blackorby, Charles & Bossert, Walter, 2004. "Interpersonal comparisons of well-being," Economic Research Papers 269605, University of Warwick - Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Arrow’s theorem; social choice with interpersonal utility comparisons; welfarism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2004-08-23 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-LTV-2004-08-23 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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