John A. Weymark

Felix Bierbrauer () and Claude d’Aspremont ()
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Felix Bierbrauer: University of Cologne
Claude d’Aspremont: Center for Operations Research and Econometrics

A chapter in Conversations on Social Choice and Welfare Theory - Vol. 1, 2021, pp 289-334 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract John Weymark’s conversation begins with some biographical remarks. The importance of his undergraduate teachers, notably David Donaldson, for his subsequent research interests is discussed. His graduate studies and his thesis under the direction of Karl Shell are recalled. The nature and origins of Weymark’s research on topics such as optimal taxation, inequality measurement, cartel stability, social choice with interpersonal utility comparisons, Harsanyi’s decision-theoretic foundations for utilitarianism, strategy-proof social choice, biological applications of social choice theory, and the political economy of taxation are explored. The conversation concludes with reflections on his teaching and editorial activities.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-62769-0_16

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