A new class of measures of the standard of living based on functionings

DOI10.1007/S00199-007-0229-4MaRDI QIDQ926201zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wulf Gaertner, Yongsheng Xu

Publication date 26 May 2008

Published in Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-007-0229-4

zbMATH Keywords

capabilitiesfunctioningssocial progressstandard of livinguncertainty

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14)

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