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INTERPERSONAL UTILITY COMPARISON [1 record]

Record 1 1979-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
OBS

The most important aspect of this cardinal approach (to aggregating individual preferences) is the assumption of interpersonal comparisons of utility (IPCU). IPCU requires that the utility of one individual be comparable with the utility of another person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
OBS

(...) le jugement de valeur parétien (...) a permis à l'économie de bien-être de dépasser les difficultés causées par l'impossibilité de mesurer cardinalement le bien-âtre individuel, et surtout d'éluder les comparaisons interpersonnelles d'utilité.

Spanish

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