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Rawlsian Justice as the Core of a Game

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Roemer, John E. Roemer () (Dept. of Politican Science, Yale University)
Roger Howe

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It is suggested that the ethical notion of social contract can be formally modeled using the well-studied concept of the core of a game. This provides a mathematical technique for studying social contracts and theories of justice. The idea is applied to Rawlsian justice here.

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Paper provided by Cowles Foundation, Yale University in its series Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers with number 544.

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Date of creation: Feb 1980
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  1. John E. Roemer, 1980. "Inequality, Exploitation, Justice and Socialism: A Theoretical-Historical Approach," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 545, Cowles Foundation, Yale University. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Santiago Sanchez-Pages & Stephane Straub, 2006. "The Emergence of Institutions," ESE Discussion Papers 148, Edinburgh School of Economics, University of Edinburgh. [Downloadable!]
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  2. James Yunker, 1985. "A broad utilitarian theory of value and moral value," Forum for Social Economics, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 29-59, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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