Editing Social welfare function (section)

== References ==
*[[Kenneth Arrow|Kenneth J. Arrow]], 1951, 2nd ed., 1963, ''[[Social Choice and Individual Values]]'' {{ISBN|0-300-01364-7}} 
* [[Abram Bergson]] (Burk),"A Reformulation of Certain Aspects of Welfare Economics," ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 52(2), February 1938, 310–34
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215000915/http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/essays/paretian/paretosocial.htm#swf Bergson–Samuelson social welfare functions] in Paretian welfare economics from the New School.
* James E. Foster and [[Amartya Sen]], 1996, ''On Economic Inequality'', expanded edition with annexe, {{ISBN|0-19-828193-5}}.
* [[John C. Harsanyi]], 1987, “interpersonal utility comparisons," ''[[The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics]]'', v. 2, 955–58
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* [[Jan de Van Graaff]], 1957, "Theoretical Welfare Economics", 1957, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
* [[Lionel Robbins]], 1935, 2nd ed.. ''[[An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science]]'', ch. VI
* ____, 1938, "Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility: A Comment," ''Economic Journal'', 43(4), 635–41
* [[Paul A. Samuelson]], 1947, Enlarged ed. 1983, ''[[Foundations of Economic Analysis]]'', pp. xxi–xxiv & ch. VIII, "Welfare Economics," {{ISBN|0-674-31301-1}}
* _____, 1977. "Reaffirming the Existence of 'Reasonable' Bergson–Samuelson Social Welfare Functions," ''Economica'', N.S., 44(173), p [https://www.jstor.org/pss/2553553 pp. 81]–88. Reprinted in (1986) ''The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul A. Samuelson'', pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UKeJEc46R9AC&pg=PA47=gbs_atb 47–54.] 
* _____, 1981. "Bergsonian Welfare Economics", in S. Rosefielde (ed.), ''Economic Welfare and the Economics of Soviet Socialism: Essays in Honor of Abram Bergson'', [[Cambridge University Press]], Cambridge, pp.&nbsp;223–66. Reprinted in (1986) ''The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul A. Samuelson'', pp.&nbsp;3 [https://books.google.com/books?id=UKeJEc46R9AC&pg=PA225=gbs_atb –46.]
* [[Amartya Sen|Sen, Amartya K.]] (1963). "Distribution, Transitivity and Little's Welfare Criteria," ''Economic Journal'', 73(292), [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2228209 pp. 771]–78.
* _____, 1970 [1984], ''Collective Choice and Social Welfare'' [http://www.citeulike.org/user/rlai/article/681900 (description)], ch. 3, "Collective Rationality." {{ISBN|0-444-85127-5}}
* _____ (1982). ''Choice, Welfare and Measurement'', MIT Press. [https://scholar.harvard.edu/sen/publications/choice-welfare-and-measurement Description] and scroll to chapter-preview [https://books.google.com/books?id=u8GPYeT1qAUC&q=false links.]
* [[Kotaro Suzumura]] (1980). "On Distributional Value Judgments and Piecemeal Welfare Criteria," ''Economica'', 47(186), p [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2553231 pp. 125]–39.
* _____, 1987, “social welfare function," ''The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics'', v. 4, 418–20

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