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Blackorby, Charles, Bossert, Walter and Donaldson, David (2004) Multi-profile welfarism: a generalisation. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.710).

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Abstract

This paper characterizes welfarist social evaluation in a multi-profile setting where, in addition to multiple utility profiles, there may be more than one profile of nonwelfare information. We prove a new version of the welfarism theorem in this alternative framework, and we demonstrate that adding a plausible and weak anonymity property to the welfarism axioms generates welfarist social-evaluation orderings that are anonymous.

Item Type:

Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)

Subjects:

H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Welfare economics, Utility theory, Social choice, Social policy, Economic policy

Series Name:

Warwick economic research papers

Publisher:

University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Place of Publication:

Coventry

Official Date:

February 2004

Dates:

Date	Event
February 2004	Published

Number:

No.710

Number of Pages:

Status:

Not Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

Funder:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Adapted As:

Blackorby, C., Bossert, W. and Donaldson, D. (2006). Multi-profile welfarism: a generalisation. Social Choice and Welfare, 24(2), pp. 253–267.

Version or Related Resource:

Revised version of: Blackorby, C., Bossert, W. and Donaldson, D. (2004?). Welfarism with multiple non-welfare profiles.

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