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Infinite Population Utilitarian Criteria
Asheim, Geir B.; Kamaga, Kohei; Zuber, Stéphane - 2022
how a novel criterion, Strongly Anonymous Utilitarianism, can be characterized by combining Strong Anonymity with other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013300869
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Collective Choice with Heterogeneous Time Preferences
Pakhnin, Mikhail - 2021
This paper reviews recent research on the aggregation of heterogeneous time preferences. Main results are illustrated in simple Ramsey models with two or three agents who differ in their discount factors. We employ an intertemporal view on these models and argue that preferences of a decision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222212
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Escaping the repugnant conclusion: Rank-discounted utilitarianism with variable population
Asheim, Geir B.; Zuber, Stéphane - 2012
out the space between critical-level utilitarianism and (a version of) critical-level leximin. Moreover, it satisfies many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288457
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Climate policy under sustainable discounted utilitarianism
Dietz, Simon; Asheim, Geir B. - 2011
utilitarianism (DU). DU is controversial, both due to the conditions through which it is justified and due to its consequences for … measures to justify their present costs. In this paper, we propose sustainable discounted utilitarianism (SDU) as an … alternative principle for evaluation of climate policy. Unlike undiscounted utilitarianism, which always assigns zero relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277391
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Identification of voters with interest groups improves the electoral chances of the challenger
Sadiraj, Vjollca; Tuinstra, Jan; van Winden, Frans - 2010
Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that, by coordinating voting behavior, these interest groups increase the winning set, which is defined as the set of policy platforms for the challenger that will defeat the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270501
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Symmetric and asymmetric committees
Ben-Yashar, Ruth; Danziger, Leif - 2011
This paper studies the assignment of decision makers to two committees that make decisions by a simple majority rule. There is an even number of decision makers at each of various skill levels and each committee has an odd number of members. Surprisingly, even with the symmetric assumptions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277358
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Intra-group heterogeneity in collective contests
Nitzan, Shmuel; Ueda, Kaoru - 2013
Collective contests are examined permitting heterogeneity of stakes within every competing group. Our first concern is whether unequal distribution of stakes in a group can enhance its win probability. Our second concern is whether a large stake in a group can be individually disadvantageous. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291549
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Infinite Population Utilitarian Criteria
Asheim, Geir B.; Kamaga, Kohei; Zuber, Stéphane - 2022
how a novel criterion, Strongly Anonymous Utilitarianism, can be characterized by combining Strong Anonymity with other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177610
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Collective Choice with Heterogeneous Time Preferences
Pakhnin, Mikhail - 2021
This paper reviews recent research on the aggregation of heterogeneous time preferences. Main results are illustrated in simple Ramsey models with two or three agents who differ in their discount factors. We employ an intertemporal view on these models and argue that preferences of a decision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599228
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A Threshold Model of Urban Development
Vesperoni, Alberto - 2019
We propose a simple model of distribution of economic activity across cities of endogenous size and number determined by individual incentives in the tradition of threshold models of social interaction. The individuals populating our model are endowed with idiosyncratic entrepreneurial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892257