An interview question that brought about some thoughts

We tackle the question posed by journalist Mehdi Hassan – on how many Chinese lives could be lost or would have to be lost to justify a single percentage of economic growth. We considered a utility maximization problem where the utility function is defined to be the sum of the life expectancy at bir...

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Main Author: WU, Zhengxiao
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soe_research-32922021-02-17T08:56:02Z An interview question that brought about some thoughts WU, Zhengxiao We tackle the question posed by journalist Mehdi Hassan – on how many Chinese lives could be lost or would have to be lost to justify a single percentage of economic growth. We considered a utility maximization problem where the utility function is defined to be the sum of the life expectancy at birth for all Chinese nationals. 2019-09-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2293 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3292/viewcontent/20190913_ZB_Opinion_20_17x21_D_0.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Economics chi Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University life expectancy at birth utility maximization problem. Econometrics Economics
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topic life expectancy at birth
utility maximization problem.
Econometrics
Economics
spellingShingle life expectancy at birth
utility maximization problem.
Econometrics
Economics
WU, Zhengxiao
An interview question that brought about some thoughts
description We tackle the question posed by journalist Mehdi Hassan – on how many Chinese lives could be lost or would have to be lost to justify a single percentage of economic growth. We considered a utility maximization problem where the utility function is defined to be the sum of the life expectancy at birth for all Chinese nationals.
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url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2293
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