Title of article
About the right weights of the social welfare function when needs differ
Author/Authors
Alain Trannoy، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
5
From page
383
To page
387
Abstract
When equivalence scales are used to compute the well-being of individuals, using them as weights has been proposed by Ebert. The criticism against this method, on the grounds that it does not respect anonymity, vanishes in the standard microeconomic setting
Keywords
Social welfare , Equivalence scale , Weights , Indirect utility function , Anonymity
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
435315
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