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Any Non-Welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle


Louis Kaplow


Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Steven Shavell


Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
March 1999

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 109, April 2001

Abstract:     
The public at large, many policymakers, and a number of economists hold views of social welfare that are non-welfarist, which is to say that some importance is attached to factors other than individuals' utilities. We show, however, that any non-welfarist method of policy assessment violates the Pareto principle.

JEL Classification: D63, H43

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Date posted: April 20, 1999  

Suggested Citation

Kaplow, Louis and Shavell, Steven, Any Non-Welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle (March 1999). Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 109, April 2001. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=157833

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Louis Kaplow
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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Steven Shavell (Contact Author)
Harvard Law School ( email )
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Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
617-495-3668 (Phone)
617-496-2256 (Fax)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
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