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Utilitarianism for infinite utility streams: A new welfare criterion and its axiomatic characterization

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Basu, Kaushik
Mitra, Tapan

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Volume (Year): 133 (2007)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 350-373
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  3. Mabrouk, Mohamed, 2008. "Translation invariance when utility streams are infinite and unbounded," MPRA Paper 18523, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 01 Oct 2009. [Downloadable!]
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