Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9549170 | Economics Letters | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The present paper considers rationing problems interpreted as, e.g., bankruptcy problems or taxation problems. We demonstrate that among continuous and order-preserving rationing methods, the proportional method is the only rationing method that preserves inequality in both gains and losses.
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Authors
Jens Leth Hougaard, Lars Peter Ãsterdal,