To each according to his needs: An axiomatic characterization

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Authors Horace Wood Brock

Publication date 10 June 2004

zbMATH Keywords

arbitration schemesinterpersonal comparisons of utilitysolution functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Resource and cost allocation (including fair division, apportionment, etc.) (91B32)

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