Cardinal utility, utilitarianism, and a class of invariance axioms in welfare analysis

DOI10.1016/0304-4068(83)90038-1zbMath0529.90006OpenAlexW2068888059WikidataQ114683716 ScholiaQ114683716MaRDI QIDQ787831

Kaushik Basu

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4068(83)90038-1

zbMATH Keywords

utilitarianismcardinal utilityinterpersonal comparisonsinvariance axiomsRawlsianismutility measurement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16)

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