Dividing a cake (or) Distributional values in the measurement of economic inequality: an expository note

‘Distributional judgments’—judgments on the extent of inequality in the distribution of income and wealth—are routinely made by economists in exercises aimed at comparing inequalities in alternative situations. Yet the measurement of inequality is informed by certain nuances, which it wo...

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Main Author: S. Subramanian
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Rosetti Internaţional 2014-05-01
Series:Journal of Philosophical Economics
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Online Access: http://jpe.ro/pdf.php?id=6302