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标题：The Tyranny Puzzle in Welfare Economics: An empirical investigation
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作者：Frank A Cowell ; Marc Fleurbaey ; Bertil Tungodden 等
期刊名称：Japanese Studies Programme Papers
出版年度：2010
出版社：Suntory Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines
摘要：We address a puzzle in welfare economics - the possibility that rational people may be simultaneously against two apparently conflicting forms of "tyranny". In fact the two types of tyranny can be reconciled but at the possible cost of conflict with other standard welfare principles. We examine whether such conflicts do arise using a questionnaire-experimental study. Our study shows that both tyrannies are rejected by a majority of the participants, and in many cases also pose a practical problem in moral reasoning
关键词：social welfare; aggregation; questionnaire; income distribution. ;. Acknowledgement: we are grateful to Yinfei Dong for research assistance; and ;to audiences in London; Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve for comments