The limits of opportunity-only: context-dependence and agency in behavioral welfare economics

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Journal of Economic Methodology 28 (4):364-373 (2021)
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What should be the ‘informational base’ of welfare economics if one takes the insights from behavioral economics seriously? Sugden proposes individuals’ sets of opportunities. This paper discusses...

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A response to six comments on The Community of Advantage.Robert Sugden - 2021 - Journal of Economic Methodology 28 (4):419-430.
I Choose for Myself, Therefore I Am.Malte Dold & Alexa Stanton - 2021 - Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 14 (1).

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Well-being, agency and freedom: The Dewey lectures 1984.Amartya Sen - 1985 - Journal of Philosophy 82 (4):169-221.
The Community of Advantage.Robert Sugden - 2020 - Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 13 (1).
The Metric of Opportunity.Robert Sudgen - 1998 - Economics and Philosophy 14 (2):307.
Opportunity and preference learning.Christian Schubert - 2015 - Economics and Philosophy 31 (2):275-295.

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