“Microfoundations for the Basic Needs Approach To Development: The Lexico-graphic Utility Function.” Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-11, 1986.
ABSTRACT
A lexicographic version of the conventional utility model for consumer choice is presented.
This provides a natural frame-work for the basic needs approach to development
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