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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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Utilitarianism on infinite utility streams : summable differences and finite averages
Jonsson, Adam; Voorneveld, Mark - In: Economic theory bulletin 3 (2015) 1, pp. 19-31
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Sustainable recursive social welfare functions
Asheim, Geir B.; Mitra, Tapan; Tungodden, Bertil - In: The economics of the global environment : catastrophic …, (pp. 165-190). 2016
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Generalized utilitarianism and Harsanyi's impartial observer theorem
Grant, Simon; Kajii, Atushi; Polak, Ben; Safra, Zvi - In: Econometrica : journal of the Econometric Society, an … 78 (2010) 6, pp. 1939-1971
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Sustainable recursive social welfare functions
Asheim, Geir B.; Mitra, Tapan; Tungodden, Bertil - In: Economic theory : official journal of the Society for … 49 (2012) 2, pp. 267-292
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A generalized representation theorem for Harsanyi's ("impartial") observer
Grant, Simon; Kajii, Atsushi; Polak, Ben; Safra, Zvi - In: Social choice and welfare 39 (2012) 4, pp. 833-846
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The limit of discounted utilitarianism
Jonsson, Adam; Voorneveld, Mark - 2014 - Date: March 21, 2014
This paper presents an infinite-horizon version of intergenerational utilitarianism that is both satisfactorily … complete and consistent. By studying discounted utilitarianism as the discount factor tends to one, we obtain a welfare … criterion --- limit-discounted utilitarianism --- that combines efficiency and the equal treatment of generations with …
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Utilitarianism for infinite utility streams: summable differences and finite averages
Jonsson, Adam; Voorneveld, Mark - 2014 - Date: March 21, 2014
This paper provides axiomatic descriptions of social welfare relations, defined on infinite streams of utility, that are consistent with the utilitarian criterion on subsets where maximizing aggregate utility has a clear interpretation: the streams, or their differences, are summable. Besides...
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Accidents of birth, life chances and the impartial observer
Grant, Simon (contributor); Kajii, Atsushi (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We confront two common objections to Harsanyi's impartial observer theorem; one to do with 'fairness', and the other to do with different individuals' having different attitudes toward risk. Both these objections can be accommodated if we drop the reduction axiom; in particular, if we...
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Equally-distributed equivalent utility, ex post egalitarianism and utilitarianism
Grant, Simon; Kajii, Atsushi; Polak, Ben; Safra, Zvi - In: Journal of economic theory 147 (2012) 4, pp. 1545-1571
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