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Extended anonymity and Paretian relations on infinite utility streams

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  • Adachi, Tsuyoshi
  • Cato, Susumu
  • Kamaga, Kohei

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We examine the range of anonymity that is compatible with a Paretian social welfare relation (SWR) on infinite utility streams. Three alternative coherence properties of an SWR are considered, namely, acyclicity, quasi-transitivity, and Suzumura consistency. For each case, we show that a necessary and sufficient condition for a set of permutations to be the set of permissible permutations of some Paretian SWR is given by the cyclicity of permutations and a weakening of group structure. Further, for each case of coherence property, we show that the extended Pareto rule is the least element of the class of anonymous Paretian SWRs.

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  • Adachi, Tsuyoshi & Cato, Susumu & Kamaga, Kohei, 2014. "Extended anonymity and Paretian relations on infinite utility streams," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 24-32.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:matsoc:v:72:y:2014:i:c:p:24-32
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2014.10.002
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