A concern about low relative income, and the alignment of utilitarianism with egalitarianism

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2011.10.024zbMATH Open1241.91048OpenAlexW3123078110MaRDI QIDQ429147FDOQ429147

Authors: Oded Stark, Martyna Kobus, Marcin Jakubek 

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/117257/files/DP156.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

utilitarianismincome equalityrelative incomesocial welfare maximization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Welfare economics (91B15)

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• The handbook of rational and social choice. An overview of new foundations and applications.
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