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Utilitarianism and equality for quasilinear or Gorman-form preferences

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The paper shows that if utility is cardinally measurable and fully interpersonally comparable, if costless lumpsum transfers are possible, and if the utility profile satisfies (a) a happier person has lower marginal utility of the numeraire or wealth, and (b) “everybody is equally unhappy in hell,” then the utilitarian criterion is egalitarian for quasilinear economies or Gorman-form preferences. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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  • Joaquim Silvestre, 2014. "Utilitarianism and equality for quasilinear or Gorman-form preferences," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 42(4), pages 781-791, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sochwe:v:42:y:2014:i:4:p:781-791
    DOI: 10.1007/s00355-013-0760-0
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