Individual fairness in Harsanyi's utilitarianism: Operationalizing all-inclusive utility

Theory and Decision

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-415

  Trautmann, Stefan T ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

All inclusive utility; Outcome fairness; Process fairness; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EXPECTED UTILITY; INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE; TWO STAGE MODEL; WELFARE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649183352     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-008-9104-4     Document Type: Article

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