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Information Invariance in Variable-Population Social-Choice Problems Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Blackorby, C.
Bossert, W.
Donaldson, D.
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We examine the possibilities of extending Sen's taxonomy of fixed-population information assumptions regarding the measurability and interpersonal comparability of individual utilities to social-choice problems where the population may very.
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Keywords: SOCIAL CHOICE ; INFORMATION ; Other versions of this item:
Article Blackorby, Charles & Bossert, Walter & Donaldson, David, 1999.
"Information Invariance in Variable-Population Social-Choice Problems ,"
International Economic Review ,
Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 40(2), pages 403-22, May.
Paper Find related papers by JEL classification: D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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Blackorby, Charles & Bossert, Walter & Donaldson, David, 1995.
"Intertemporal Population Ethics: Critical-Level Utilitarian Principles ,"
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"Birth-Date Dependent Population Ethics: Critical-Level Principles ,"
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"A Remark on Admissible Transformations for Interpersonally Comparable Utilities ,"
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Blackorby, C. & Bossert, W. & Donaldson, D., 1996.
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Blackorby, Charles & Donaldson, David, 1984.
"Social criteria for evaluating population change ,"
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Blackorby, Charles & Donaldson, David, 1982.
"Ratio-Scale and Translation-Scale Full Interpersonal Comparability without Domain Restrictions: Admissible Social-Evaluation Functions ,"
International Economic Review ,
Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 23(2), pages 249-68, June.
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"Leximin Population Ethics ,"
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Blackorby, C. & Rossert, W. & Donaldson, D., 1994.
"Leximin Population Ethics ,"
Working Papers
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"Social criteria for evaluating population change: An alternative to the Blackorby-Donaldson criterion ,"
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"Equity in Two Person Situations: Some Consequences ,"
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"Social evaluation with variable population size: an alternative concept ,"
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"Utility in Social Choice ,"
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Blackorby, Charles & Donaldson, David & Weymark, John A, 1984.
"Social Choice with Interpersonal Utility Comparisons: A Diagrammatic Introduction ,"
International Economic Review ,
Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 25(2), pages 327-56, June.
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"Interpersonal Comparability and Social Choice Theory ,"
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BLACKORBY, Charles & BOSSERT, Walter & DONALDSON, David, 2003.
"Harsanyi’s Social Aggregation Theorem : A Multi-Profile Approach with Variable-Population Extensions ,"
Cahiers de recherche
03-2003, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ.
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Other versions: Charles Blackorby, & Walter Bossert & David Donaldson,, .
"Price-Independent Welfare Precriptions and Population Size ,"
Discussion Papers
97/17, University of Nottingham, School of Economics.
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Blackorby, C. & Bossert, W. & Donaldson, D., 1997.
"Price-Independent Welfare Prescriptions and Population Size ,"
UBC Departmental Archives
97-22, UBC Department of Economics.
Blackorby, Charles & Bossert, Walter & Donaldson, David, 1999.
"Price-Independent Welfare Prescriptions and Population Size ,"
Journal of Economic Theory ,
Elsevier, vol. 84(1), pages 111-119, January.
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