Allowing disagreement in evaluations of social welfare

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-324

  Brekke, Kjell Arne ^a   Lurås, Hilde ^b   Nyborg, Karine ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disagreement; Interpersonal comparison; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042976234     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01227438     Document Type: Article

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