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Liberals, information and Webster's principles

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Critiques two social choice principles employed by Webster's analysis of using information to resolve Sen's paradox of the ‘Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal’.

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  1. Sen, A. K.: 1970, ‘The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal’, Journal of Political Economy 78, 152–157.

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  2. Webster, M.: 1986, ‘Liberals and Information’, Theory and Decision 20, 41–52.

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  1. Department of Economics, Syracuse University, 13244-1090, Syracuse, NY, USA

    Jerry S. Kelly

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Kelly, J.S. Liberals, information and Webster's principles. Theor Decis 26, 197–201 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00159226

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