Ordering infinite utility streams comes at the cost of a non-Ramsey set

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-37

  Lauwers, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Axiom of choice; Constructivism; Intergenerational justice; Multi period social choice; Pareto

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249083067     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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