On Weights and Measures: Informational Constraints in Social Welfare Analysis
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Publication:4156062
DOI10.2307/1913949zbMath0377.90002OpenAlexW2059815359MaRDI QIDQ4156062
Publication date: 1977
Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1913949
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