We examine the range of anonymity that is compatible with a Paretian social welfare relation (SWR) on infinite utility streams. Three alternative coherence properties of an SWR are considered, namely, acyclicity, quasi-transitivity, and Suzumura consistency. For each case, we show that a...

1 Introduction -- 2 Intragenerational social welfare evaluation -- 3 Intergenerational social welfare evaluation -- 4 Extended anonymity and intergenerational social welfare evaluation -- 5 Intergenerational social welfare evaluation with variable population size -- 6 Conclusion: Further issues...