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Laissez-faire versus pareto
Bosmans, Kristof; Öztürk, Z. Emel - 2015
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Utilitarianism and Discrimination
Harel, Alon; Segal, Uzi - 2012
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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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Optimal utilitarian taxation and horizontal equity
Jordahl, Henrik; Micheletto, Luca - 2003
We impose a horizontal equity restriction on the problem of finding the optimal utilitarian tax mix. The horizontal equity constraint requires that individuals with the same ability have to pay the same amount of taxes regardless of their preferences for leisure. Contrary to normal findings, we...
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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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Infinite population utilitarian criteria
Asheim, Geir B.; Kamaga, Kohei; Zuber, Stéphane - 2022
how a novel criterion, Strongly Anonymous Utilitarianism, can be characterized by combining Strong Anonymity with other …
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Foundations of utilitarianism under risk and variable population
Spears, Dean; Zuber, Stéphane - 2021
Utilitarianism is the most prominent family of social welfare functions. We present three new axiomatic ….'s (1998) Expected Critical-Level Generalized Utilitarianism (ECLGU) is equivalent to a new axiom holding that it is better to … novel characterizations extend classic axiomatizations of utilitarianism from settings with either social risk or variable …
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The optimal design of assistedreproductive technologies policies
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2022
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The optimal design of assisted reproductive technologies policies
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2022
with the postulated social welfare criterion. Utilitarianism redistributes only between individuals with unequal fecundity … information and in order to solve for the incentive problem, utilitarianism recommends also to either tax or subsidize ART …
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Should we discount the welfare of future generations? : Ramsey and Suppes versus Koopmans and Arrow
Chichilnisky, Graciela; Hammond, Peter J.; Stern, … - 2018
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