Equally-distributed equivalent utility, ex post egalitarianism and utilitarianism

• Main Authors: Grant, Simon, KAJII, Atsushi, Polak, Ben, Safra, Ziv
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• 主題: Utilitarianism; Harsanyi's (impartial) observer; Social welfare function; Ex post egalitarianism; Economic Theory
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1853
• 機構: Singapore Management University

We provide an axiomatization of expected equally-distributed equivalent-utility social welfare functions in the context of Harsanyi's impartial observer theorem. For this family of social welfare functions, we show what additional axiom is necessary and sufficient for the observer to exhibit av...