On a Notion of Similarity with Endowments in Public Economics

Kleinberg Norman L. (), Ma Barry () and Weiss Jeffrey ()
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Kleinberg Norman L.: Baruch College - City University of New York
Ma Barry: Baruch College - City University of New York
Weiss Jeffrey: Baruch College - City University of New York

The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2012, vol. 12, issue 1, 12

Abstract: We establish that a novel notion of similarity with endowments by Shitovitz and Spiegel (1998) amounts to severe functional form restrictions, and these restrictions on utility functions can be determined by functional equation methods. The resulting functional forms are related to the familiar Cobb-Douglas and quasi-linear forms, as well as the classical result of Bergstrom and Cornes (1983) on the independence of allocative efficiency from distribution in the theory of public goods.

Keywords: functional equations; normalized preference relation; similarity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1515/1935-1704.1887

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