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Harsanyi’s Social Aggregation Theorem : A Multi-Profile Approach with Variable-Population Extensions Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics BLACKORBY, Charles
BOSSERT, Walter
DONALDSON, David
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This paper provides new versions of Harsanyi’s social aggregation theorem that are formulated in terms of prospects rather than lotteries. Strengthening an earlier result, fixed-population ex-ante utilitarianism is characterized in a multi-profile setting with fixed probabilities. In addition, we extend the social aggregation theorem to social-evaluation problems under uncertainty with a variable population and generalize our approach to uncertain alternatives, which consist of compound vectors of probability distributions and prospects.
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Keywords: Harsanyi’s social aggregation theorem ; multi-profile social choice ; population ethics ; Other versions of this item:
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