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View article: Global Unanimity Agreement on the Carbon Budget
Global Unanimity Agreement on the Carbon Budget Open
This paper analyzes a stylized model of the global economy in which countries must agree on the carbon budget while the decision on the level of carbon emissions is decentralized, with firms treating their emissions as a production input f…
View article: Cooperation and market socialism: Kant versus Nash
Cooperation and market socialism: Kant versus Nash Open
The idea that socialism depends upon cooperation, as capitalism depends on competition, has always been inherent in the conception of socialism. Yet precise models of market socialism – ones, that is, that are sufficiently articulated so a…
View article: A game-theoretic analysis of childhood vaccination behavior: Nash versus Kant
A game-theoretic analysis of childhood vaccination behavior: Nash versus Kant Open
Whether or not to vaccinate one's child is a decision that a parent may approach in several ways. The vaccination game, in which parents must choose whether to vaccinate a child against a disease, is one with positive externalities (herd i…
View article: Chapter 7. Equality of Opportunity
Chapter 7. Equality of Opportunity Open
The modern formulation of equality of opportunity emerges from discussions in political philosophy from the second half of the twentieth century beginning with Rawls (1971) and and . Equality of opportunity exists when policies compensate …
View article: Values and Politics in the US: An Equilibrium Analysis of the 2004 Election
Values and Politics in the US: An Equilibrium Analysis of the 2004 Election Open
The CNN exit polls after the 2004 election rated ‘moral values’ the most important issue; next came ‘jobs and the economy.’ Eighty percent of the voters who rated moral values the most important issue voted for Bush while eighty percent of…
View article: Racism, xenophobia, and redistribution
Racism, xenophobia, and redistribution Open
We report here a summary of our recent research on the effect that the race issue, in the United States, and the immigration issue in European countries, is having on the degree of redistribution and the size of the public sector that is i…
View article: What Egalitarianism Requires
What Egalitarianism Requires Open
This is an interview by the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics (EJPE) with John E. Roemer. The interview covers Roemer’s intellectual biography; his extensive writings on exploitation, egalitarianism, socialism, bargaining, and j…
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Preface Open
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View article: Equality of Opportunity
Equality of Opportunity Open
This forthcoming chapter in the Handbook of Income Distribution (eds., A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon) summarizes the literature on equality of opportunity. We begin by reviewing the philosophical debate concerning equality since Rawls (se…
View article: Inequality of Opportunity in Wages and Consumption in Egypt
Inequality of Opportunity in Wages and Consumption in Egypt Open
Most explanations of the recent political upheavals in Egypt since 2011 include a reference to rising inequality, but the usual indicators of income inequality in Egypt do not support that inequality was on the rise prior to the uprisings.…
View article: Equality of Opportunity: Theory and Measurement
Equality of Opportunity: Theory and Measurement Open
During the last third of the twentieth century, political philosophers actively debated about the content of distributive justice; the ruling ethical view of utilitarianism was challenged by various versions of equality of opportunities. E…
View article: An allegory of the political influence of the top 1%
An allegory of the political influence of the top 1% Open
We study how rich shareholders use their political influence to deregulate firms that they own, thus skewing the income distribution towards themselves. Individuals differ in productivity and choose how much labor to supply. High productiv…