VL Smith's Tautological Social Choice Theory

6 Pages Posted: 8 Aug 2014

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Hak Choi

Chienkuo Technology University - Department of International Business; Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

Date Written: August 6, 2014

Abstract

This paper discloses how Smith rewrites some assumption as result, and uses some result to construct question. Such tautological methods derive nothing. It is also incorrect to treat public goods as continuous variables.

Keywords: Public Goods, Tautology

JEL Classification: H41, H27

Suggested Citation

Choi, Hak, VL Smith's Tautological Social Choice Theory (August 6, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2477237 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2477237

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