Two criteria for social decisions

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 421-447

  Fleurbaey, Marc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fairness; Social choice; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247132112     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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