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der Grenzproduktivitäten kommt. Auf makroökonomischer Ebene läßt sich eine optimale Schiefe der Einkommensverteilung …
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der Grenzproduktivitäten kommt. Auf makroökonomischer Ebene läßt sich eine optimale Schiefe der Einkommensverteilung …
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under risk and arrives at utilitarianism using expected utility theory. This paper investigates the implications of applying … prospect theory instead, which better describes behavior under risk. I find that the specific type of inequality in bottom … optimal inequality result contrasts the implications of other social welfare criteria. -- veil of ignorance ; prospect theory …
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We investigate how income inequality affects social welfare in a model of voluntary contributions to multiple pure public goods. Itaya, de Meza, and Myles (1997) show that the maximization of social welfare precludes income equality in a single pure public good model. In contrast, we show that...
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We estimate growth rates of real incomes in the U.S. by quintiles using the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) post-tax, post-transfer data as basis for the period 1979-2011. We improve upon them by including only the present value of earnings that will accrue in retirement and excluding...
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