Aggregating infinite utility streams with inter-generational equity /

It has been known that, in aggregating infinite utility streams, there does not exist any social welfare function, which satisfies the axioms of Pareto, inter-generational equity and continuity. We show that the impossibility result persists even without imposing the continuity axiom. Hence, the pro...

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Main Author: Basu, Kaushik
Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Economics
Other Authors: Mitra, Tapan, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, [2002]
Series:Working paper (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics) ; no. 02-19
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Call Number: HB31.M415 no.02-19