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On the possibility of Paretian egalitarianism

Tungodden, Bertil; Vallentyne, Peter
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2004-07
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Abstract
Paretian egalitarianism holds that equality should be promoted, but only when this

does not conflict with certain (Pareto) efficiency considerations. Like leximin, it has the

attractive feature of never favoring leveling down. It also offers the promise of avoiding

leximin’s monomaniacal focus on the worst off affected person. We here show that, given certain

widely accepted assumptions, certain forms of Paretian egalitarianism are incoherent and those

that are coherent share leximin’s monomaniacal focus on the worst off affected person. It thus

appears that Paretian egalitarianism is not a significant alternative to leximin. We end by

questioning one of the assumed conditions: contraction consistency (Alpha). If this condition is

rejected, Paretian Egalitarianism remains a significant alternative to leximin.
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economics
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2004:16

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