In this paper we propose a theory of individual moral consistency and we examine some consequences of this theory in particular contexts. Our notion of individual moral consistency is interpreted as a means for 'laundering' individula objectives that are amalgamated into collective judgements by...

In this paper, we examine the problem of ranking individual opportunity sets on the basis of their freedom of choice in a social setting.

With too much disparity in opinions, minorities may question the legitimacy of majority voting and indermine the unity of the group through political violence or civil disobedience. Properties of an average vvoting rule are investigated here, with particular attention to its ability to protect...

Nous proposons un modele exploratoire des relations contractuelles entre l'Etat et les Universites. Nous considerons plus particulierement le cas d'une Universite en situation de monopole local pour la delivrance d'un diplome a caractere professionnel, faisant face a des etudiants supposes...

The paper considers the problem of comparing income distributions for heterogeneous populations. Following Atkinson and Bourguignon (1987), we divide the population in different groups of needs and evaluate the social welfare with a utilitarian function. By considering the Generalized...

A general procedure inspired by the Shapley value is proposed for decompodsing any inequality index by factor components or by populations subgroups. To do so we define two types of inequality games. Although these games cannot be expressed in terms of unanimity games, an axiomatization of the...