The purpose of this paper is twofold. We first develop a contractarian theory of redistribution. The existence of rules … of redistribution is explained without any recourse to the risk-aversion of individuals. Hence, we depart from the … standard legitimization of redistribution as fundamental insurance and interpret it as stemming from a principle of reciprocity …

In this paper we deal with voluntary and compulsory redistribution in an economy where the enforcement of property … equilibrium. We were able to show the following results: (i) In some situations Pareto-improving redistribution occurs voluntarily … situation of partial anarchy in some market redistributive policies in other markets may help to reduce the inefficiency in the …

themes' in his corpus-anarchy, contract, constitution, Pareto optimality, 'public choice' and so on. In doing so, we … investigate a number of tensions in Buchanan's conception-between a libertarian affinity with anarchy and constitutional …

conflicting parties. In fact, under anarchy both parties can be better off than under an international regime if mediation reduces …