NOTES ON ECONOMIC EQUALITY

被引:10
作者
ARCHIBALD, GC
DONALDSON, D
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[1] University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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10.1016/0047-2727(79)90013-6
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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In this paper we propose a simple definition of economic equality and characterize non- paternalist egalitarian preferences. We compare our definition to the ideas of envy and fairness and extend these ideas to the case of extended benevolent preferences. In productive economies efficiency and equality may conflict, just as do efficiency and the absence of envy. We suggest a feasible compromise in this case. © 1979.
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页码:205 / 214
页数:10
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