Bommier, Antoine; Leroux, Marie-Louise; Lozachmeur, … - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 44 (2011) 1, pp. 273-289
This paper studies the normative problem of redistribution between individuals who differ in their lifespans. We discuss aspects related to the objective function and argue that aversion to multiperiod inequality should be taken into account. Then, we study the properties of the social optimum...