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Chapter Twenty-One. Fair Allocation Rules
Thomson, William - In: Handbook of social choice and welfare : volume 2, (pp. 393-506). 2011
We review the theory of fairness as it pertains to concretely specified problems of resource allocations. We present …-envy, egalitarian-equivalence, individual and collective lower or upper bounds on welfare, notions of equal or equivalent opportunities … should respond to changes in resources (resource monotonicity), technologies (technology monotonicity), preferences (welfare …
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Chapter 10 Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007
This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities—and the mapping between these functions and various...
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Chapter 24 Selfishness, altruism and normative principles in the economic analysis of social transfers
Blanchet, Didier; Fleurbaey, Marc - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1465-1503). 2006
theories, such as inequality-averse social welfare functions or fairness criteria. It is shown how both approaches can be … of the Welfare State. However, while these theories may be suited for explaining the development of public insurance or … incorporation of individuals' altruistic feelings in social welfare functions. …
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Chapter 6 Reciprocity: Its Scope, Rationales, and Consequences
Kolm, Serge-Christophe - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 371-541). 2006
rationales: (1) balance (comparison, matching), often related to equality and fairness, or to the desire to avoid moral … associate efficiency, fairness, and the intrinsic quality of social relations. …
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Coordinated carbon taxes or tightened NDCs : distributional implications of two options for climate negotiations
Mukanjari, Samson; Sterner, Thomas - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 3 (2023) 1, pp. 1-29
Concerns about fairness among countries remain significant obstacles to a stronger global climate treaty. This paper …
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Fairness and externalities
Velez, Rodrigo A. - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 11 (2016) 1, pp. 381-410
We study equitable allocation of indivisible goods and money among agents with other-regarding preferences. First, we argue that Foley's (1967) equity test, i.e., the requirement that no agent prefer the allocation obtained by swapping her consumption with another agent, is suitable for our...
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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth
Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006
This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory...
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Fairness and motivation
Falk, Armin - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
fairness and trust are also key drivers of their work effort. Treating employees with respect is not only ethically warranted …
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Do fairness and race matter in generosity? Evidence from a nationally representative charity experiment
Fong, Christina M.; Luttmer, Erzo F.P. - In: Journal of Public Economics 95 (2011) 5, pp. 372-394
We present a dictator game experiment where the recipients are local charities that serve the poor. Donors consist of approximately 1000 participants from a nationally representative sample. We manipulate the perceived worthiness and race of the charities' recipients with an audiovisual...
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Fairness and motivation
Falk, Armin - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) September, pp. 1-10
' perceptions of fairness and trust are also key drivers of their work effort. Treating employees with respect is not only ethically …
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