On the Impossibility of Representing Infinite Utility Streams

  1. Crespo Fernández, Juan A.
  2. Núñez Sanz, Carmelo
  3. Rincón Zapatero, Juan Pablo
Revista:
Documentos de trabajo. Economic series ( Universidad Carlos III. Departamento de Economía )

Año de publicación: 2007

Número: 55

Tipo: Documento de Trabajo

Resumen

We show that, independently of the topology chosen on the set of all infinity utility streams, there is no Social Welfare Function preserving the von Weizsäcker¿s overtaking criterion. With our proof we extend the impossibility result of Basu and Mitra.