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:	18
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed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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