TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kaplow,Louis
AU  - Shavell,Steven
TI  - Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 7051
PY  - 1999
Y2  - March 1999
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7051
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7051.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Louis Kaplow
Harvard University
Hauser 322
Cambridge, MA  02138
Tel: 617/495-4101
Fax: 617/496-4880
E-Mail: meskridge@law.harvard.edu

Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School
1575 Massachusetts Avenue
Hauser Hall 508
Cambridge, MA  02138
Tel: 617/495-3668
Fax: 617/496-2256
E-Mail: shavell@law.harvard.edu
AB  - The public at large, many policymakers, and some economists hold views of social welfare that attach some importance to factors other than individuals' utilities.  This note shows that any such non-individualistic notion of social welfare conflicts with the Pareto principle.
ER  -