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Utility Interdependence and Redistribution: Methodological Implications for Welfare Economics and the Theory of the Public Household

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  • John F. Johnston, 1975. "Utility Interdependence and Redistribution: Methodological Implications for Welfare Economics and the Theory of the Public Household," Public Finance Review, , vol. 3(3), pages 195-228, July.
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    DOI: 10.1177/109114217500300301
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