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Kaldor-Hicks improvement en · NOUN

Etymology

Named for Nicholas Kaldor and John Hicks.

Meanings

  1. An economic reallocation of resources among people, such that those who are made better off could hypothetically compensate those who are made worse off and lead to a Pareto-improving outcome.

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Relateds

Kaldor-Hicks efficient · Kaldor-Hicks efficiency · Kaldor-Hicks criterion