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Interpersonal level comparability implies comparability of utility differences

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    Yew Kwang Ng

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I am grateful to Kenneth Arrow and Amartya Sen for helpful comments.

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Ng, Y.K. Interpersonal level comparability implies comparability of utility differences. Theor Decis 17, 141–147 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00160980

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