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principle captures a key aspect of libertarian political philosophy. The second, weak Pareto, states that an increase in the disposable income of each individual should be regarded as a social improvement. We ... efficiency or welfare maximization, but in the name of individual freedom and rights. Proponents of this political philosophy accordingly regard redistributive taxation as inherently injust. Famously, Nozick
We examine technology adoption and growth in a political economy framework where two alternative mechanisms of redistribution are on the menu of choice for the economy. One of these is a lump-sum ... mechanism, and social planning with a Benthamite and Rawlsian social welfare function respectively. We find that the extent of uncertainty, and initial inequality, working through the political economy
relevant criterion when choosing between voting rules for economic and political decisions. ... between plurality/approval/A-Borda ex-post. These results suggest that the expressive power of voting rules is a relevant criterion when deciding which voting rule to use in economic and political
of view in philosophy, economics, and political science. In this tradition, researchers are interested in how a decision maker should choose between different income distributions. In their seminal ... , while the political right is thought to focus more on efficiency. A disagreement about which qualities make a distribution or outcome desirable can greatly complicate any discussion that impacts the final
containment perspective, either an insulating or a conductive design philosophy can be applied, irrespective of the raw material being processed. In the initial stages of a project, desktop studies are ... associated with incorrect selection of a design philosophy and/or furnace containment system components, it is prudent to conduct tests on laboratory and pilot scale and to transfer the knowledge gained to
contest affect their winning probabilities. Our results illustrate how the conflict resolution rules may affect the degree of polarization in political confrontations. ... instance, political parties are composed of different ideological trends; or in a labor dispute, workers’ preferences are not necessarily perfectly aligned. This study aims to shed some light on the effect
is a model of a uni-dimensional political space in which voters with the same bliss point are the connected vertices of a clique and then other arcs connect nodes of consecutive cliques. The interest
Influence and Political Communication Commons Recommended Citation Cover Page Footnote I would like to thank the South Dakota State University Department of Modern Languages and Global Studies, especially ... Professor Jeremy Rud for his assistance and guidance throughout this work. This article is available in The Journal of Undergraduate Research: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/jur/vol15/iss1/3 Political
( 2011 ) On the currency of egalitarian justice, and other essays in political philosophy . Princeton University Press, Princeton Dawid H , Dermietzel J ( 2006 ) How robust is the equal split norm ... ): 23 - 38 Plant R , Taylor-Gooby P , Lesser A ( 2009 ) Political philosophy and social welfare. Essays on the normative basis of welfare provisions . Routledge , New York Renzo M ( 2015 ) Human needs
) (henceforth KS), and illustrates the implications of said framework in two examples drawn from environmental economics and one from political economy/political philosophy. The key takeaway from this paper is ... tools to analyze applications in two environmental economics problems and one political economy problem. One of the environmental problems involves the risk of an irreversible change, the second involves
well beyond economics with incursions in other academic domains such as philosophy and biology. Incidentally, according to his CV, his first published article appeared in Philosophical Studies, a ... respected journal of analytic philosophy. Regarding economics, John’s research interests have not been limited to social choice and welfare theory, although most of his papers deal with what can be broadly
A reelection-seeking politician makes a policy decision that can reveal her private information. This information bears on whether her political orientation and capabilities will be a good fit to ... the time of the election) to voters. These circumstances correlate with the type of competencies, political program and values, that will best match future circumstances. The incumbent’s characteristics
We analyze a political competition model of redistributive policies. We provide an equilibrium existence result and a full characterization of the net transfers to the different income groups. We ... , the data also provide some empirical evidence confirming a significant relationship between the net transfers to the poor (and resp., the Gini) and the concern of the political parties with income
We study a game with two candidates and two interest groups. The groups offer two kinds of costly contributions to achieve political influence: (a) pre-election campaign contributions to their ... play an important role in the political process. A significant part of the lobbying literature (Austen-Smith 1987; Baron 1994) considers interest groups with electoral motives. These groups take the
The tyranny of the majority is one of the most frequently discussed problems of democracy in political theory. It arises when winning majorities are fixed and permanent, and there are no checks on ... ): 192 - 228 Chambers S ( 2004 ) Behind closed doors: publicity, secrecy, and the quality of deliberation . Political Philosophy 12 ( 4 ): 389 - 410 de Fine Licht J ( 2014 ) Transparency actually: How
, Blacksburg, VA , USA 1 Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science , London , UK We regret that during proof correction stage, the following errors
Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science , London , UK Models of collective deliberation often assume that the chief aim of a deliberative exchange is the ... deliberation. Building on recent insights from psychology, linguistics and philosophy about the role of questions in speech and thought, we propose a different model in which beliefs are treated as answers
problems which have no regard for political, socioeconomic, or cultural boundaries. This is a direct outcome of my time in the military and Fujimoto: What advice would you give to other non-traditional
socio-demographic backgrounds).2 Allocation problems – wage negotiations, distributions of bonuses, questions of fair taxation, issues of political representation – are prime examples of normatively ... have lower levels of trust between individuals (Rapp 2016) . In a polarized political climate, people may be willing to sacrifice democratic principles for partisan interests (Graham and Svolik 2020
collected here are meant as a homage to him and aim to reflect his many contributions to normative economics, political economy, distributive justice, and political philosophy over the last 4 decades. John ... Change and Equity, encompassing Distributive Justice and Political Philosophy, Political Economy, Public Ownership and Market Socialism, as well as Pure Game Theory, Social Choice and International