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Fair Collective Choice Rules: Their Origin And Relationship

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  • Yukihiro Nishimura

    (Yokohama National University and Queen's University)

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This paper provides a conceptual framework on fair collective choice rules that synthesizes the studies of Goldman and Sussangkarn (1978) and Suzumura (1981) on the one hand and Tadenuma (2002, 2005) on the other. We show that both frameworks have the following binary relation as a common origin: an allocation x is at least as good as an allocation z if (i) x Pareto dominates z, or (ii) x equity-dominates z. Its transitive-closure and the strict relation derive different ranking criteria, but remarkably, with respect to the maximal elements, they have a set-inclusive relationship.

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  • Yukihiro Nishimura, 2008. "Fair Collective Choice Rules: Their Origin And Relationship," Working Paper 1179, Economics Department, Queen's University.
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    Keywords

    Welfare Economics; Social Choice; Efficiency; Equity; No-Envy;
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    JEL classification:

    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations

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