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		| Susumu  Cato | 
	
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		| ''Characterizing the Nash social welfare relation for infinite utility streams: a note'' | 
	
		| ( 2009, Vol. 29 No.3 ) | 
	
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		| This note provides an axiomatic analysis of a social welfare ordering over infinite utility streams. We offer two characterizations of an infinite-horizon version of the Nash criterion. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Infinite generations,  intergenerational equity,  the Nash criterion | 
	
		| JEL: D6 - Welfare Economics: General D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Mar 26 2008 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Sep 18 2009 | 
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