Welfare economics beyond welfarist-consequentialism

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-32

  Suzumura, Kotaro ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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ECONOMIC THEORY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0034121561     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5876.t01-1-00135     Document Type: Article

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