CAPABILITIES AND UTILITIES

Carmen Herrero ()

Working Papers. Serie AD from Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie)

Abstract: In this paper we address the problem of looking for resource allocation mechanisms which would be accepted as equitable from Sen's point of view, in a framework of economic environments. We simplify the idea of equalizing capabilities by means of the equalization of a capability index. Then, we analyze the relationship between capability and utility, and provide characterization results on mechanisms giving us allocations which are capability lexmin suprema.

Keywords: Capabilities; Functionings; Equitable Allocations. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 1995-01
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