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Interpretation Of Interpersonal Utility Comparisons: Positive, Normative Or Descriptive, John B. Davis
Interpretation Of Interpersonal Utility Comparisons: Positive, Normative Or Descriptive, John B. Davis
Economics Faculty Research and Publications
While interpersonal utility comparisons are indispensable to the determination of utility maxima, their interpretation as either normative or positive produces awkward conclusions. This paper alternatively reinterprets interpersonal utility comparisons as descriptive and value-laden rather than as either normative or positive. On this basis they are characterized as functional concepts, and are thus argued to be objective. This treatment suggests that it is possible to derive evaluative statements from descriptive ones, contrary to the usual view of the is-ought problem. Recent philosophy of language results are employed to support these views.
Review Of Profit And Enterprise: The Political Economy Of Profit, John B. Davis
Review Of Profit And Enterprise: The Political Economy Of Profit, John B. Davis
Economics Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Economic Summit Declarations, 1975-1989: Examining The Written Record Of International Cooperation, George M. Von Furstenberg, Joseph Daniels
Economic Summit Declarations, 1975-1989: Examining The Written Record Of International Cooperation, George M. Von Furstenberg, Joseph Daniels
Economics Faculty Research and Publications
This study audits commitments contained in economic declarations made following fifteen annual economic summit meetings of the United States, Japan, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Canada from 1975 to 1989. It concludes that country executives make commitments in good faith but that subsequent compliance is impeded domestically by lack of control over the instruments of implementation and internationally by the absence of specified supporting policies or acts of international coordination. In addition, the language used in the declarations necessarily reflects the exigencies of diplomacy and is therefore usually imprecise. Even though the credibility of summit undertakings is generally …
Atomism, Identity Criteria, And Impossibility Logic, John B. Davis
Atomism, Identity Criteria, And Impossibility Logic, John B. Davis
Economics Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Analyzing Income Tax Evasion Using Amnesty Data With Self-Selection Correction: The Case Of The Michigan Tax Amnesty Program, Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad
Analyzing Income Tax Evasion Using Amnesty Data With Self-Selection Correction: The Case Of The Michigan Tax Amnesty Program, Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad
Economics Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.