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Egalitarianism: Is Leximin the Only Option?.

Tungodden, B. - Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) - 1999

It has been argued that any plausible egalitarian theory should give asbolute priority to the worst off in a conflict with the best off in society. In this paper, we show that this framework is closely linked to the leximin approach, and on the basis of a condition named the conditional...

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Hammond Equity: a Generalization.

Tungodden, B. - Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) - 1999

We generalize Hammond's characterisation of leximin by introducing a very weak two-person equity condition. In addition to strengthening the defence of the leximin principle, this result is of interest from a more technical point of view. Contrary to the present understanding in the literature...

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Poverty Measurement: the Critical Comparison Value.

Tungodden, B. - Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) - 1998

The basic problem in poverty measurement is how to weigh the income of different groups. This is a normative problem on … plurality. In the paper, we suggest an approach to poverty measurement which avoids incorporating any particular normative … position on how to weigh the interests of various poor groups, but rather reports on changes in poverty by making explicit the …

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Poverty and Ethics.

Tungodden, B. - Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) - 1995

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A New Approach to Normative Poverty Measurement.

Tungodden, B. - Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) - 1995

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