Generalized Utilitarianism and Harsanyi's Impartial Observer Theorem

DOI10.3982/ECTA6712zbMath1204.91050OpenAlexW2098796958MaRDI QIDQ3069949

Zvi Safra, Atsushi Kajii, Ben Polak, Simon Grant

Publication date: 2 February 2011

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3982/ecta6712

zbMATH Keywords

fairnesssocial welfare functionimpartial observergeneralized utilitarianismex ante egalitarianism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Rationality and learning in game theory (91A26) Social choice (91B14)

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