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Multiplicity of Pareto-Efficient Allocations
A key feature of the Pareto criterion is its cautiousness in ranking outcomes, which often results in the existence of multiple Pareto-efficient allocations within a given situation. Because the criterion only rules out allocations that are dominated, it does not provide a way to rank different Pareto-efficient allocations against each other. Therefore, a game or economic interaction can have several outcomes that are all technically Pareto efficient.
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