This paper introduces a solution for the fair division of common property resources in production economies with multiple inputs and outputs. It is derived from complementing the Walrasian solution by welfare bounds, whose ethical justification rests on commonality of ownership. We then apply...

Inequity plays a fundamental role in the evaluation of social welfare in many dimensions.We revisit the concept of inequity, whether across states of world (uncertainty), across individuals (inequality) and across generations (intergenerational equity), using a common framework generalizing the...

We discuss the general problem of finding fair constrained resource allocations. As criterion for fairness we propose an inequality index, termed fairness ratio, the maximization of which produces Lorenz-undominated Pareto-efficient allocations. Since the fairness ratio does not depend on the...

This paper introduces a solution for the fair division of common property resources in production economies with multiple inputs and outputs. It is derived from complementing the Walrasian solution by welfare bounds, whose ethical justification rests on commonality of ownership. We then apply...

Altruism or `regard for others' can encourage self-restraint among generators of negative externalities, thereby mitigating the externality problem. We explore how introducing impure altruism into standard regulatory settings alters regulatory prescriptions. We show that the optimal calibration...

Die Autorin analysiert in der vorliegenden Arbeit die Auswirkungen von Überlasten im Bereich Verkehrs-Infrastrukturen und konzipiert einen ordnungspolitischen Maßnahmenkatalog für eine effizientere Nutzung dieser Fazilitäten. Der ökonomische Basisvorschlag besteht in der Implementierung des...

We analyze various normatively determined distributions of language rights in multilingual settings. A general model for the analysis of language rights over time in a model with overlapping generations is set up. This model is then first used to find efficient allocations of rights in the...

There is a large empirical literature on policy measures targeted at children but surprisingly very little theoretical foundation to ground the debate on the optimality of the different instruments. In the present paper, we examine the merit of targeting children through two general policies,...