Population size and the social welfare functions of Bentham and Mill

DOI10.1016/0165-1765(82)90116-1MaRDI QIDQ356559zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, Marc Nerlove

Publication date 26 July 2013

Published in Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(82)90116-1

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14) Welfare economics (91B15)

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