Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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957042 | Journal of Economic Theory | 2012 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
We provide an axiomatization of expected equally-distributed equivalent-utility social welfare functions in the context of Harsanyiʼs impartial observer theorem. For this family of social welfare functions, we show what additional axiom is necessary and sufficient for the observer to exhibit aversion to ex post inequality. We also relate this axiomatization to our axiomatization in a companion paper of generalized utilitarian social welfare functions. Given certain richness assumptions, the only social welfare functions that belong to both families are the utilitarian.
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Authors
Simon Grant, Atsushi Kajii, Ben Polak, Zvi Safra,