Utilitarian versus egalitarian redistributions

Jesús SEADE; Avinash DIXIT

doi:10.1016/0165-1765(79)90220-9

Utilitarian versus egalitarian redistributions

Jesús SEADE, Avinash DIXIT

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Abstract

If preferences admit an inferior good, then non-exceptional cases are shown to arise, where the sum of two consumers' concave utilities will be increased by transfers of any goods, themselves inferior or not, from the worse-off consumer to the better-off.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	121-124
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(79)90220-9
Publication status	Published - 1979
Externally published	Yes

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