Intertemporally consistent population ethics: Birth-date dependent classical principles

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-292

  Blackorby, Charles ^a   Bossert, Walter ^b   Donaldson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001080181     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5876.00055     Document Type: Article

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