Evaluating Allocations of Freedom

IF 3.8 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Economic Journal Pub Date : 2018-01-17 DOI:10.1111/ecoj.12455

Itai Sher

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Abstract

This article develops a formal approach to evaluating freedom in interactive settings based on the literatures on preference for flexibility and measurement of diversity. The approach posits that the value of freedom has an instrumental component – grounded in preferences – and an intrinsic component. The philosophical justification of the approach is considered and potential conflicts between freedom and efficiency are explored. On a technical level, the article extends the notion of a diversity measure to menus of lotteries, which is what is needed to evaluate freedom when many agents seek flexibility simultaneously.

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评估自由分配

本文基于对灵活性偏好和多样性测量的文献，开发了一种评估互动环境下自由的正式方法。这种方法假定，自由的价值既有工具性成分——以偏好为基础——也有内在成分。考虑了该方法的哲学合理性，并探讨了自由与效率之间的潜在冲突。在技术层面上，本文将多样性衡量的概念扩展到彩票菜单，这是在许多代理人同时寻求灵活性时评估自由所需要的。

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Economic Journal ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

6.60

自引率

3.10%

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