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Objective Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility.

Abstract:: This paper examines the problem of distilling conflicting interpersonal comparisons into a single set of interpersonal comparisons. The mapping that achieves this has a richer co-domain than all social choice problems (and a richer domain than most social choice problems). The set of mappings satisfying a mild set of restrictions is very small. If interpersonal comparisons embody ratio-scale comparability then the mapping is Cobb-Douglas in form; if interpersonal comparisons embody no more th...
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Roberts, K. (1997). Objective Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility. Social Choice and Welfare, 14.

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Roberts, K. “Objective Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility.” Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 14, 1997.

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Roberts, K. 1997. “Objective Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility.” Social Choice and Welfare 14.
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Journal:: Social Choice and Welfare
Volume:: 14
Publication date:: 1997-01-01
ISSN:: 0176-1714

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Language:: English
UUID:: uuid:36a8d30f-c93d-464b-ac22-3a21738b1c33
Local pid:: oai:economics.ouls.ox.ac.uk:11465
Deposit date:: 2011-08-16

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Copyright date:: 1997

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