Uncertainty and critical-level population principles

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-20

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical levels; Population ethics; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032344991     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050055     Document Type: Article

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