The Cardinal Attributes of Utility in Pareto's 'Sunto': A Critical Note on Some Recent Research

Michael McLure
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Michael McLure: UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia

No 03-01, Economics Discussion / Working Papers from The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics

Abstract: The purpose of this critical note is to contest the recent interpretation of the choicepreference approach of the “Sunto” by drawing attention to its cardinal restrictions and by highlighting the continuity in Pareto approach to utility theory between the “Sunto”, the 1906 Manuale di Economic Politica, and beyond.

Keywords: Pareto; Sunto; utility theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2003
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