We study divisor methods, the primary class to solve apportionment problems, based upon Stolarsky means S_;_. These encompass the .ve traditional methods. We disclose a one-to-one relation between methods of the form S_;1 and aggregate measures of seat/vote disproportion- ality of the...

Ordering infinite utility streams: maximal anonymity

Global environmental issues - like biodiversity conservation or climate change - are in reality long term issues that are not properly taken into account with traditional models that incorporate the impatience axiom manifested in fixed discount factors and in the use of present discounted...

The ethical view of prioritarianism holds the following: if an extra bundle of attributes is to be allocated to either of two individuals, then priority should be given to the worse off among the two. We consider multidimensional poverty comparisons with cardinal and ordinal attributes and...

We address how the value of risky options should be assessed in the case where the sum of the probability-weighted payoffs is not absolutely convergent and thus dependent on the order in which the terms are summed (e.g., as in the Pasadena Paradox). We develop and partially defend a proposal...