Utility, informed preference, or happiness: Following Harsanyi's argument to its logical conclusion

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-216

  Ng, Yew Kwang ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0033484162     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003550050140     Document Type: Article

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