Will of the living dead -- the case for a backward-looking welfare function

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2022.110418zbMath1493.91041OpenAlexW4220961479MaRDI QIDQ2158316

Lassi Ahlvik

Publication date: 26 July 2022

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110418

zbMATH Keywords

repeated gamebackward-looking welfare functionintertemporal social choice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Individual preferences (91B08) Multistage and repeated games (91A20) Social choice (91B14)

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