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Efficiency based measures of inequality
Andonie, Costel; Kuzmics, Christoph; Rogers, Brian W. - 2014 - Second version, November 5, 2014
How should we make value judgments about wealth inequality? Harsanyi (1953) proposes to take an individual who evaluates her well-being by expected utility and ask her to evaluate the wealth possibilities ex-ante (i.e. before she finds her place in society, i.e., under the "veil of ignorance" of...
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Welfare as simple(x) equity equivalents
Berger, Loïc; Emmerling, Johannes - 2017
(intergenerational equity), using a common framework generalizing the discounted expected utilitarianism approach. We propose a general …
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Income inequality and the international transfer of environmental values
Meya, Jasper; Drupp, Moritz A.; Hanley, Nick - 2018 - [Revised version]
environmental goods from a study to a policy site - a practice called value or benefit transfer. Specifically, we apply theory …
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A bitter choice turned sweet : how acknowledging individuals’ concern at having a low relative income serves to align utilitarianism and egalitarianism
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Kobus, Martyna - 2015
aggregate utility yields an equal income distribution. This alignment of utilitarianism and egalitarianism is obtained for any …
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Utilitarianism, voting and the redistribution of income
Usher, Dan - 2017
Utilitarianism can be misplaced or ambiguous. As a prescription for individual behaviour, the injunction to seek the …
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Towards a utilitarian social welfare function : income inequality and national welfare growth in China
Wang, Songtao; Li, Bin; Kenderdine, Tristan - In: Research in world economy 10 (2019) 3, pp. 344-358
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Relative priority
Buchak, Lara - In: Economics and philosophy 39 (2023) 2, pp. 199-229
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Spreading the wealth around : reflections inspired by Joe the Plumber
Mankiw, Nicholas Gregory - 2010
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Spreading the wealth around : reflections inspired by Joe the Plumber
Mankiw, Nicholas Gregory - 2010
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A concern about low relative income, and the alignment of utilitarianism with egalitarianism
Stark, Oded; Kobus, Martyna; Jakubek, Marcin - 2011
of others, the optimal income distribution under utilitarianism is equality of incomes. -- Utilitarianism ; Income …
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