An axiomatization of the single-series Ginis

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(90)90086-YzbMath0698.90007OpenAlexW2067226621MaRDI QIDQ912749

Walter Bossert

Publication date: 1990

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(90)90086-y

zbMATH Keywords

ethical inequality measuresIllfare ranking functionsincome group aggregation propertysingle series Gini social evaluation functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14)

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