Harsanyi's social aggregation theorem for state-contingent alternatives

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-387

  Blackorby, Charles ^a,b   Donaldson, David ^a   Weymark, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

D71; D81; Decision making under uncertainty; Harsanyi's aggregation theorem; Social choice; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041687251     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4068(98)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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