On interpersonal utility comparisons
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The paper discusses basic conceptual difficulties involved in establishing interpersonal comparison of utility levels and utilty differences. The discussion is of a general rather than of a technical nature. No definite results are put forward, but the author tends to hold the view that no satisfactory solution to the comparison has been provided so far.
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- Objective interpersonal comparisons of utility
- A comparison of non-transferable utility values
- Logarithmically homogeneous preferences
- On comparison of the principles of equivalent utility and its applications
- Observable interpersonal utility comparisons
- How we may have been misled into believing in the interpersonal comparability of utility
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- Interpersonal comparisons of utility for 2 of 3 types of people
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