Competing allocation principles: Time for compromise?

Theory and Decision

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 357-380

  Schwettmann, Lars ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allocation rules; Distributive justice; Efficiency; Equality; Needs; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION RULE; DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; EQUALITY; NEEDS; RESPONSIBILITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOORS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84869084980     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-011-9289-9     Document Type: Article

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