On Weights and Measures: Informational Constraints in Social Welfare Analysis

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Publication:4156062

DOI10.2307/1913949zbMath0377.90002OpenAlexW2059815359MaRDI QIDQ4156062

Amartya Sen

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1913949




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