THE POSSIBILITY OF A UNIVERSAL SOCIAL WELFARE FUNCTION

Abstract

Decision theory is applied to the problem of ordering preference behavior; i.e., social decisions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 26, 1948
Accession Number
AD0603806

Entities

People

  • Kenneth J. Arrow

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Decision Theory
  • Economic Systems
  • Economics
  • Microfiche
  • Numbers
  • Real Numbers
  • Social Welfare
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Economics
  • Psychology