Multidimensional Pigou–Dalton transfers and social evaluation functions

Marcello Basili, Paulo Casaca (), Alain Chateauneuf and Maurizio Franzini
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Paulo Casaca: UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais = Federal University of Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte, Brazil]

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Abstract: We axiomatize, in the multidimensional case, a social evaluation function that can accommodate a natural Pigou–Dalton principle and correlation increasing majorization. This is performed by building upon a simple class of inframodular functions proposed by Müller and Scarsini under risk.

Keywords: Multidimensional inequality; Pigou–Dalton transfer; Inframodular functions; Increasing majorization; Human Development Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-06
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Published in Theory and Decision, 2017, 83, pp.573-590. ⟨10.1007/s11238-017-9605-0⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s11238-017-9605-0

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