Comparisons of heterogeneous distributions and dominance criteria

DOI10.1016/j.jet.2011.12.001zbMath1242.91060OpenAlexW3021491050MaRDI QIDQ435901

Patrick Moyes

Publication date: 13 July 2012

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://cahiersdugretha.u-bordeaux.fr/2011/2011-23.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

utilitarianismbidimensional stochastic dominanceinequality reducing transformationsmultidimensional inequality and welfarenormative analysiswelfarism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14) Welfare economics (91B15)

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