An axiomatic characterization of some measures of unfairness

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(91)90160-6MaRDI QIDQ2641209zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors S. David Promislow

Publication date 1991

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(91)90160-6

zbMATH Keywords

income inequalityimperfect informationaxiomatic characterizationsmeasures of unfairness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26)

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