dc.contributor.author | Fleurbaey, Marc | |
dc.contributor.author | Tungodden, Bertil | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-04-27T10:36:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-04-27T10:36:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-12 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0804-6824 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/163058 | |
dc.description.abstract | Can a trifle gain to sufficiently many well-off justify imposing a much
larger sacrifice on the worst-off? We show that if one answers negatively to
such a question, one is forced to accept the maximin principle and give full
priority to the worst-off even when a trifle gain to the worst-off imposes
a substantial sacrifice on arbitrarily many well-off. If one dislikes this
consequence, one faces a real dilemma in choosing between the tyranny of aggregation and the tyranny of non-aggregation. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economics | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion paper | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2006:39 | en |
dc.subject | aggregation | en |
dc.subject | social choice | en |
dc.subject | maximin | en |
dc.subject | utilitarianism | en |
dc.title | The tyranny of non-aggregation versus the tyranny of aggregation in social choices : a real dilemma | en |
dc.type | Working paper | en |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210::Samfunnsøkonomi: 212 | en |