The value of opportunities over time when preferences are unstable

DOI10.1007/S00355-007-0250-3MaRDI QIDQ2464045zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert Sugden

Publication date 10 December 2007

Published in Social Choice and Welfare (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-007-0250-3

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Individual preferences (91B08)

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