The welfare criterion based on compensation payments is known as:
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UGC-NET 2025 Question 58: Welfare economics and social choice
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This question is on Compensation criteria and welfare measures, part of Welfare economics and social choice in Microeconomics.
Judging policy changes by whether winners could compensate losers.
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