Information Invariance in Variable-Population Social-Choice Problems

Charles Blackorby, Walter Bossert and David Donaldson

Working Papers from University of Waterloo, Department of Economics

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: SOCIAL CHOICE; INFORMATION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D60 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 1996
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