Interpersonal level comparability implies comparability of utility differences

DOI10.1007/BF00160980zbMath0542.90005OpenAlexW3121133101MaRDI QIDQ795696

Yew-Kwang Ng

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00160980

zbMATH Keywords

interpersonal comparisons of utility levels

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16)

Related Items (2)

Beyond pareto optimality: The necessity of interpersonal cardinal utilities in distributional judgements and social choice ⋮ Interpersonal level comparability does not imply comparability of utility differences -- a comment on Ng

Cites Work

• Determinateness of the Utility Function: Revisiting a Controversy of the Thirties
• Bentham or Bergson? Finite Sensibility, Utility Functions and Social Welfare Functions

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