Category

Number of Access this item:1,061（2024-04-26 11:55 Counts）

Identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10086/16867

Link to primary information 

File Format Size Views Description
cover_16867 pdf
gd08-024 pdf 371 KB 793

Item Information

Output File

Title
Universal Social Orderings
Creator
Creator Name
Fleurbaey, Marc Fleurbaey, Marc
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
University Paris Descartes
Creator Name
Tadenuma, Koichi Tadenuma, Koichi
蓼沼, 宏一 蓼沼, 宏一
タデヌマ, コウイチ タデヌマ, コウイチ
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Editor
Contributor Name
社会科学の高度統計・実証分析拠点構築 = Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences
Key Word
social choice
universal social orderings
maximin principle
interpersonal comparisons
JEL
D63
D71
Abstract
We propose the concept of a universal social ordering, defined on the set of pairs of an allocation and a preference profile of any finite population. It is meant to unify evaluations and comparisons of social states with populations of possibly different sizes with various characteristics. The universal social ordering not only evaluates policy options for a given population but also compares social welfare across populations, as in international or intertemporal comparisons of living standards. It also makes it possible to evaluate policy options which affect the size of the population or the preferences of its members. We study how to extend the theory of social choice in order to select such orderings on a rigorous axiomatic basis. Key ingredients in this analysis are attitudes with respect to population size and the bases of interpersonal comparisons.
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2009-01
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series ; No. 24
Number of Pages
30
Sponsorship
グローバルCOEプログラム = Global COE Program
Appears in Collections
Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/16867