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Justifying the Lindahl Solution as an Outcome of Fair Cooperation
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Peters, Wolfgang - 2021
distributional equity. Fairness among agents with different preferences is taken into account by considering their marginal … equity axioms that in particular are related to the equal sacrifice principle and a nonenvy postulate as norms for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318275
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Inequality, Inequity Aversion, and the Provision of Public Goods
Kölle, Felix - 2011
We investigate the effects of inequality in wealth on the incentives to contribute to a public good when agents are inequity averse and may differ in ability. We show that equality may lead to a reduction of public good provision below levels generated by purely selfish agents. But introducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129910
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Progressivity of burden-sharing in a Lindahl equilibrium
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G. - 2017
In this paper, we show that progressivity (regressivity) of burden sharing in a Lindahl equilibrium is a direct consequence of gross complementarity (substitutability) between the private and the public good when the public good is taken as the numéraire. We, moreover, link the respective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742562
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The Justice Innovation Approach : How Justice Sector Leaders in Development Contexts Can Promote Innovation
Muller, Sam - 2013
In 'Delivering Justice: Programme of Action to Strengthen the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels', the Secretary-General of the United Nations, argued that the rule of law involves more than the state and its institutions: it “is at the heart of the social contract between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085608
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Growing Justice : Justice Policies and Transaction Costs
Barendrecht, Maurits - 2015
This paper reviews the literature on policies aiming to improve the rule of law and the operation of a legal system. It takes a bottom up perspective of clients seeking access to justice and uses transaction costs on the market for justice as a criterion to evaluate justice policies. Most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203922
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Equity as a prerequisite for stable cooperation in a public-good economy: The core revisited
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Peters, Wolfgang - 2010
. Distributional equity of the individual burdens of public-good contribution is assessed by a specific sacrifice measure (the 'Moulin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270530
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Fairness und ihr Preis
Schneider, Andrea; Zimmermann, Klaus W. - 2010
Based on the premise that fairness is different from equity and that it is primarily used in informal contexts we … present an economic approach to fairness. Discussing the results of behavioral economics reveals the experience that people do … aspects of fairness are discussed in two ways: first, Varian's idea of envy-free allocations in a general equilibrium context …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271587
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Fairness und ihr Preis
Schneider, Andrea - 2010
Based on the premise that fairness is different from equity and that it is primarily used in informal contexts we … present an economic approach to fairness. Discussing the results of behavioral economics reveals the experience that people do … aspects of fairness are discussed in two ways: first, Varian's idea of envy-free allocations in a general equilibrium context …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969334
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Equity as a prerequisite for stable cooperation in a public-good economy : the core revisited
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Peters, Wolfgang - 2010
. Distributional equity of the individual burdens of public-good contribution is assessed by a specific sacrifice measure (the "Moulin … agreement in the public-good economy. -- public goods ; core ; equity ; stability of cooperation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983187
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Inequity and Risk Aversion in Sequential Public Good Games
Teyssier, Sabrina - 2010
This paper analyzes which type of intrinsic preferences drive an agent's behavior in a sequential public good game depending on whether the agent is first or second mover. Theoretical predictions are based on heterogeneity of individuals in terms of social and risk preferences. We modelize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013150878