Strong Anonymity and Infinite Streams

Lauwers, Luc

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1978767

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Strong Anonymity and Infinite Streams

Luc Lauwers

KU Leuven - Center for Economic Studies

December 1, 2011

Abstract:
The extended rank-discounted utilitarian social welfare order introduced and axiomatized by Stéphane Zuber and Geir B. Asheim satisfies strong anonymity (J. Econ. Theory (2011)). We question the appropriateness of strong anonymity in the context of a countably infinite sequence of subsequent generations. A modified criterion that is incomplete and satisfies finite anonymity is presented.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 6

Keywords: intergenerational equity, discounted utilitarianism

JEL Classification: D63, H43, Q56

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Date posted: January 3, 2012

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Lauwers, Luc, Strong Anonymity and Infinite Streams (December 1, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1978767 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1978767

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