Smooth inequality measurement: Approximation theorems

Michel Le Breton; Eugenio Peluso

doi:10.1016/j.jmateco.2010.02.005

Smooth inequality measurement: Approximation theorems

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Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to prove that smoothness is not a restrictive assumption in inequality measurement as any inequality measure (preorder) can be approximated in a well defined sense by a smooth inequality measure (preorder).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	405-415
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Mathematical Economics
Volume	46
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2010.02.005
Publication status	Published - Jul 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Approximation
Inequality measurement
Schur-convexity

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