Equally-distributed equivalent utility, ex post egalitarianism and utilitarianism

DOI10.1016/J.JET.2011.04.001zbMath1245.91029OpenAlexW2097613957WikidataQ57937035 ScholiaQ57937035MaRDI QIDQ435916

Ben Polak, Simon Grant, Atsushi Kajii, Zvi Safra

Publication date: 13 July 2012

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10036/4330

zbMATH Keywords

utilitarianismsocial welfare functionex post egalitarianismHarsanyi's (impartial) observer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14) Welfare economics (91B15)

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