Constraints and the measurement of freedom of choice

Theory and Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-238

  Bavetta, Sebastiano ^a   Del Seta, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Constraints; Freedom of choice; Measures of liberty; Non welfaristic foundations of normative economics; Social choice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042377490     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010384118394     Document Type: Article

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