Beyond welfare economics: some methodological issues

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 185-202

  Munda, Giuseppe ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

incommensurability; public policy; social multicriteria evaluation; well being economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961197534     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2016.1157199     Document Type: Article

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