Sustainable recursive social welfare functions

Economic Theory

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-292

  Asheim, Geir B ^a   Mitra, Tapan ^b   Tungodden, Bertil ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^d CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Discounted utilitarianism; Intergenerational justice; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855983118     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-010-0573-7     Document Type: Article

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