Welfare comparisons with bounded equivalence scales

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 309-336

  Fleurbaey, Marc ^a,b   Hagneré, Cyrille ^b,c   Trannoy, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

Dominance; Equivalence scale; Heterogeneous population; Welfare comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038009952     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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