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Extreme inequality aversion without separability

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  • Kristof Bosmans

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Hammond (J Econ Theory 11, 465–467, 1975), Meyer (J Econ Theory 11, 119–132, 1975), and Lambert (The distribution and redistribution of income, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001) provide the formal result connecting leximin and the idea of extreme inequality aversion for social preferences of the expected utility type. Using an analogous approach, we show that for social preferences not necessarily satisfying the separability axiom that underlies expected utility theory, the case of extreme inequality aversion is covered by the class of weakly maximin social preferences——i.e., the class of social preferences that give priority to the worst off in all cases in which the worst off is not indifferent.

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Paper provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Working Group Public Economics in its series Public Economics Working Paper Series with number extrin.

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Length: 6 pages
Date of creation: 2006
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Publication status: Forthcoming in Economic Theory.
Handle: RePEc:wpe:papers:extrin

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Keywords: Inequality aversion; Leximin; Maximin; Risk aversion;

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  1. Meyer, Jack, 1975. "Increasing risk," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 11(1), pages 119-132, August.
  2. Bosmans, Kristof, 2007. "Comparing degrees of inequality aversion," Open Access publications from Maastricht University urn:nbn:nl:ui:27-15447, Maastricht University.
  3. Chris Starmer, 2000. "Developments in Non-expected Utility Theory: The Hunt for a Descriptive Theory of Choice under Risk," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 38(2), pages 332-382, June.
  4. Hammond, Peter J., 1975. "A note on extreme inequality aversion," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 11(3), pages 465-467, December.
  5. Walter Bossert & John A. Weymark, . "Utility in Social Choice," Old UBC Departmental Papers 9623, UBC Department of Economics.
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  1. Bosmans Kristof, 2012. "Distribution-sensitivity of rank-dependent poverty measures," Research Memoranda 034, Maastricht : METEOR, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization.

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