Details about Amartya Sen

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Workplace:	Department of Economics, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC) Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

1997

1. Development and Thinking at the Beginning of the 21st Century
   STICERD - Development Economics Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations
2. Hunger in the Contemporary World
   STICERD - Development Economics Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations
3. Inequality, Unemployment and Contemporary Europe
   STICERD - Development Economics Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations
4. Whats the Point of a Development Strategy?
   STICERD - Development Economics Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations

1996

5. Maximisation and the Act of Choice
   Working Papers, Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi View citations
   Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1996) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1997)

1995

6. Mortality as an Indicator of Economic Success and Failure
   Innocenti Lectures, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre View citations
   See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1998)
7. Strategyproofness and Decomposability: Strict Orderning
   G.R.E.Q.A.M., Universite Aix-Marseille III
8. Strategyproofness and decomposability: Weak Orderings
   G.R.E.Q.A.M., Universite Aix-Marseille III View citations

1992

9. Markets and Governments
   Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development View citations

1991

10. Bribing and Stategic Delay a Theory of the Interactions Between Formal and Informal Rural Credit Markets
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-
11. Intertemporal Contractual Relationships With Agent Switching
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs
12. MARKETS AND FREEDOMS
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
13. Nash Bargaining and the Cournot Theory of Oligopoly
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-
14. Strategic Planning in Public Sector Companies: A Case Study of IBP
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-
15. WARS AND FAMINES: ON DIVISIONS AND INCENTIVES
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research
16. WHAT DID YOU LEARN IN THE WORLD TODAY?
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations

1990

17. ENTRY AND MANAGERIAL INCENTIVES
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-
18. PRIVATISATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-
19. THE STRUCTURE OF FIRMS
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-
20. TRADE UNION BARGAINING AND PRIVATIZATION
    Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-

1989

21. VIRTUAL IMPLEMENTATION IN NASH EQUILIBRIUM
    Working Papers, Stanford - Hoover Institution

Journal Articles

2007

1. Population and Reasoned Agency: Population growth and food security
   Development, 2007, 50, (S1), 98-102

2006

2. Reason, Freedom and Well-being
   Utilitas, 2006, 18, (01), 80-96

2005

3. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary!
   Feminist Economics, 2005, 11, (1), 1-9
4. Walsh on Sen after Putnam
   Review of Political Economy, 2005, 17, (1), 107-113 View citations

2004

5. Capabilities, Lists, and Public Reason: Continuing the Conversation
   Feminist Economics, 2004, 10, (3), 77-80 View citations

2003

6. CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION
   Feminist Economics, 2003, 9, (2-3), 319-332 View citations
7. Common Cultures
   Challenge, 2003, 46, (4), 6-20
8. Journal of Economic Inequality
   Journal of Economic Inequality, 2003, 1, (1), 1-1
9. Limiting behaviour of Dickey-Fuller t-tests under the crash model alternative
   Econometrics Journal, 2003, 6, (2), 421-429
10. Sraffa, Wittgenstein, and Gramsci
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2003, 41, (4), 1240-1255
11. The hidden penalties of gender inequality: fetal origins of ill-health
    Economics and Human Biology, 2003, 1, (1), 105-121 View citations

2002

12. Globalmente resignados
    Revista de Economía Institucional, 2002, 4, (6), 222-226
13. Why health equity?
    Health Economics, 2002, 11, (8), 659-666 View citations

2000

14. Human Development and Economic Sustainability
    World Development, 2000, 28, (12), 2029-2049 View citations
15. The Discipline of Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Journal of Legal Studies, 2000, 29, (2), 931-52 View citations

1999

16. The Possibility of Social Choice
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (3), 349-378 View citations

1998

17. Human development and financial conservatism
    World Development, 1998, 26, (4), 733-742 View citations
18. Mortality as an Indicator of Economic Success and Failure
    Economic Journal, 1998, 108, (446), 1-25 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1997

19. Editorial: Human capital and human capability
    World Development, 1997, 25, (12), 1959-1961 View citations
20. Maximization and the Act of Choice
    Econometrica, 1997, 65, (4), 745-780 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
21. Population policy: Authoritarianism versus cooperation
    Journal of Population Economics, 1997, 10, (1), 3-22 View citations

1995

22. How to Judge Voting Schemes
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1995, 9, (1), 91-98 View citations
23. Rationality and Social Choice
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (1), 1-24 View citations

1994

24. Amiya Kumar Dasgupta (1903-1992)
    Economic Journal, 1994, 104, (426), 1147-55
25. The Formulation of Rational Choice
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 385-90 View citations

1993

26. Internal Consistency of Choice
    Econometrica, 1993, 61, (3), 495-521 View citations
27. Markets and Freedoms: Achievements and Limitations of the Market Mechanism in Promoting Individual Freedoms
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1993, 45, (4), 519-41 View citations

1992

28. Life and death in China: A reply
    World Development, 1992, 20, (9), 1305-1312 View citations
29. Minimal Liberty
    Economica, 1992, 59, (234), 139-59 View citations

1991

30. Welfare, preference and freedom
    Journal of Econometrics, 1991, 50, (1-2), 15-29 View citations

1990

31. Entitlements and the Chinese famine
    Food Policy, 1990, 15, (3), 261-263 View citations

1989

32. Food and freedom
    World Development, 1989, 17, (6), 769-781 View citations

1988

33. Freedom of choice: Concept and content
    European Economic Review, 1988, 32, (2-3), 269-294 View citations

1987

34. Pricncipled choice
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1987, 13, (3), 297-298
35. Reply: Famine and Mr Bowbrick
    Food Policy, 1987, 12, (1), 10-14

1986

36. The causes of famine: A reply
    Food Policy, 1986, 11, (2), 125-132 View citations

1985

37. A Sociological Approach to the Measurement of Poverty: A Reply [Poor, Relatively Speaking]
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1985, 37, (4), 669-76
38. Goals, Commitment, and Identity
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1985, 1, (2), 341-55 View citations
39. Social Choice and Justice: A Review Article
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1985, 23, (4), 1764-76 View citations

1984

40. The Living Standard
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1984, 36, 74-90 View citations

1983

41. Development: Which Way Now?
    Economic Journal, 1983, 93, (372), 742-62 View citations
42. Indian Women: Well-Being and Survival
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1983, 7, (3-4), 363-80 View citations
43. Poor, Relatively Speaking
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1983, 35, (2), 153-69 View citations

1981

44. A Reply to 'Welfarism: A Defence against Sen's Attack' [Personal Utilities and Public Judgements: Or What's Wrong with Welfare Economics]
    Economic Journal, 1981, 91, (362), 531-35
45. Ingredients of Famine Analysis: Availability and Entitlements
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1981, 96, (3), 433-64 View citations
46. Public Action and the Quality of Life in Developing Countries
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1981, 43, (4), 287-319 View citations

1980

47. Description as Choice
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1980, 32, (3), 353-69 View citations
48. Famines
    World Development, 1980, 8, (9), 613-621
49. The Welfare Basis of Real Income Comparisons: A Reply
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1980, 18, (4), 1547-52 View citations

1979

50. Issues in the Measurement of Poverty
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1979, 81, (2), 285-307 View citations
51. Personal Utilities and Public Judgements: Or What's Wrong with Welfare Economics?
    Economic Journal, 1979, 89, (355), 537-58 View citations
52. The Welfare Basis of Real Income Comparisons: A Survey
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1979, 17, (1), 1-45 View citations

1978

53. On the Labour Theory of Value: Some Methodological Issues
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1978, 2, (2), 175-90 View citations

1977

54. On Weights and Measures: Informational Constraints in Social Welfare Analysis
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (7), 1539-72 View citations
55. Social Choice Theory: A Re-examination
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (1), 53-89 View citations
56. Starvation and Exchange Entitlements: A General Approach and Its Application to the Great Bengal Famine
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1977, 1, (1), 33-59 View citations
57. The erosion of a relationship: India and Britain since 1960: By M. Lipton and J. Firn (London: Oxford University Press, 1975. pp. xvi+427. [UK pound]13.00)
    World Development, 1977, 5, (8), 767-768

1976

58. A Note on Representing Partial Orderings
    Review of Economic Studies, 1976, 43, (3), 543-45 View citations
59. Liberty, Unanimity and Rights
    Economica, 1976, 43, (171), 217-45 View citations
60. Poverty: An Ordinal Approach to Measurement
    Econometrica, 1976, 44, (2), 219-31 View citations
61. Real National Income
    Review of Economic Studies, 1976, 43, (1), 19-39 View citations

1975

62. Minimal conditions for monotonicity of capital value
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1975, 11, (3), 340-355 View citations

1974

63. Informational bases of alternative welfare approaches: Aggregation and income distribution
    Journal of Public Economics, 1974, 3, (4), 387-403 View citations
64. On Some Debates in Capital Theory
    Economica, 1974, 41, (163), 328-35 View citations

1973

65. Behaviour and the Concept of Preference
    Economica, 1973, 40, (159), 241-59 View citations
66. Notes on the measurement of inequality
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1973, 6, (2), 180-187 View citations
67. On Ignorance and Equal Distribution
    American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (5), 1022-24

1972

68. Balanced Growth Path for an Expanding Multiproduct Firm
    International Economic Review, 1972, 13, (3), 553-67
69. Control Areas and Accounting Prices: An Approach to Economic Evaluation
    Economic Journal, 1972, 82, (325), 486-501 View citations
70. Interpersonal Comparison and Partial Comparability: A Correction
    Econometrica, 1972, 40, (5), 959 View citations

1971

71. Choice Functions and Revealed Preference
    Review of Economic Studies, 1971, 38, (115), 307-17 View citations
72. The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal: Reply
    Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 79, (6), 1406-07 View citations

1970

73. Interpersonal Aggregation and Partial Comparability
    Econometrica, 1970, 38, (3), 393-409 View citations
74. The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal
    Journal of Political Economy, 1970, 78, (1), 152-57 View citations

1969

75. Necessary and sufficient conditions for rational choice under majority decision
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1969, 1, (2), 178-202 View citations
76. Quasi-Transitivity, Rational Choice and Collective Decisions
    Review of Economic Studies, 1969, 36, (107), 381-93 View citations

Chapters

2005

1. Social choice theory
   Chapter 22 in Handbook of Mathematical Economics, 2005, vol. 3, pp 1073-1181

2000

2. Social justice and the distribution of income
   Chapter 01 in Handbook of Income Distribution, 2000, vol. 1, pp 59-85 View citations

1988

3. The concept of development
   Chapter 01 in Handbook of Development Economics, 1988, vol. 1, pp 9-26 View citations