On the impossibility of representing infinite utility streams

DOI10.1007/s00199-008-0364-6zbMath1159.91010OpenAlexW1972171209MaRDI QIDQ1016338

Juan Pablo Rincón-Zapatero, Carmelo Nuñez, Juan Alfonso Crespo

Publication date: 5 May 2009

Published in: Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/5477

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Social choice (91B14)

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