Equity Principles and Interpersonal Comparison of Well-being: Old and New Joint Characterizations of Generalized Leximin, Rank-dependent Utilitarian, and Leximin Rules
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Keywords
Social Welfare Ordering; Joint Characterization; Generalized Leximin;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DES-2020-07-20 (Economic Design)
- NEP-MIC-2020-07-20 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-UPT-2020-07-20 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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