The generation of a social welfare function under ordinal preferences

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(82)90052-XzbMath0487.90010OpenAlexW1987171372MaRDI QIDQ1165756

David J. Mayston

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(82)90052-x

zbMATH Keywords

existence theoremsordinal preferencesinterpersonal comparabilitysufficient existence conditionsBergson-Samuelson social welfare functionsocial weighting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14)

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