Sustainable recursive social welfare functions

被引：32

作者：

Asheim, Geir B. ^{[1
]}

Mitra, Tapan ^{[2
]}

Tungodden, Bertil ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oslo, Dept Econ, N-0317 Oslo, Norway

[2] Cornell Univ, Dept Econ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

[3] Norwegian Sch Econ & Business Adm, Dept Econ, N-5045 Bergen, Norway

[4] Chr Michelsen Inst, N-5892 Bergen, Norway

来源：

ECONOMIC THEORY | 2012年 / 49卷 / 02期

关键词：

Intergenerational justice; Sustainability; Discounted utilitarianism; UTILITY; EQUITY; UTILITARIANISM; CHOICE;

D O I：

10.1007/s00199-010-0573-7

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

What ethical criterion for intergenerational justice should be adopted, e.g., when faced with the task of managing the global environment? Koopmans' axiomatization of discounted utilitarianism is based on seemingly compelling conditions, yet this criterion leads to hard-to-justify outcomes. The present analysis considers a class of sustainable recursive social welfare functions within Koopmans' general framework. This class is axiomatized by means of a weak equity condition ("Hammond Equity for the Future") and general existence is established. Any member of the class satisfies the key axioms of Chichilnisky's "sustainable preferences". The analysis singles out one of Koopmans' original separability conditions (his Postulate 3'a), here called "Independent Present", as particularly questionable from an ethical perspective.

引用

页码：267 / 292

页数：26

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