Why ethical measures of inequality need interpersonal comparisons

DOI10.1007/BF00135081zbMath0364.90014OpenAlexW2017423926MaRDI QIDQ1241162

Peter J. Hammond

Publication date: 1976

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00135081

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Utility theory (91B16)

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