On interpersonal utility comparisons

Mamoru Kaneko ()

Social Choice and Welfare, 1984, vol. 1, issue 3, 165-175

Abstract: This paper argues that interpersonal comparisons of utility levels are difficult in principle and that interpersonal comparisons of utility differences can also hardly be defined based solely on individual choice behavior. Copyright Springer-Verlag 1984

Date: 1984
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