Blackorby, Charles, 1937-, Bossert, Walter and Donaldson, David, 1938- (2004) Anonymous single-profile welfarism. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. (Warwick economic research papers.

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Abstract

This note reexamines the single-profile approach to social-choice theory. If an alternative is interpreted as a social state of affairs or a history of the world, it can be argued that a multi-profile approach is inappropriate because the information profile is determined by the set of alternatives. However, single-profile approaches are criticized because of the limitations they impose on the possibility of formulating properties such as anonymity. We suggest an alternative de.nition of anonymity that applies in a single-profile setting and characterize anonymous single-profile welfarism under a richness assumption.

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
Date:	March 2004
Number:	No.707
Number of Pages:	11
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1481

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