Equally-distributed equivalent utility, ex post egalitarianism and utilitarianism

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1545-1571

  Grant, Simon ^a,b   Kajii, Atsushi ^c   Polak, Ben ^d   Safra, Zvi ^e,f  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ex post egalitarianism; Harsanyi's (impartial) observer; Social welfare function; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862325325     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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