of benefit-cost analysis, utilitarianism, and prioritarianism in evaluating COVID-19-related policies. The relative … less aggressive control policies. Utilitarianism and prioritarianism, in that order, increasingly favor income … likely than utilitarianism or benefit-cost analysis to target young and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals in the …

individuals' moral intuitions. The essay then explores an alternative normative framework, dubbed the Just Deserts Theory …

believe utilitarianism to be insufficiently egalitarian. Second, utilitarianism does not give independent weight to other …

This paper establishes that, far from being able to derive the principle of horizontal equity from utilitarianism, the … principle is actually in- consistent with utilitarianism in a variety of circumstances. We derive conditions under which (a) it … imposed on a set of otherwise identical individuals (ex ante randomization). The implications for optimal tax theory are …

In theory, and under some quite strong assumptions, there exists an important rigorous quantitative relationship among …-fold quantitative relationship in an ultra-simplified setting. I identify some basic applications of this simplified economic theory of …

passive choice, and other 401(k) plan features. Depending on which theory and welfare perspective one adopts, virtually any …