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Intergenerational Equity and Sustainability

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Editors:
  1. John Roemer

    1. Yale University, USA

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  2. Kotaro Suzumura

    1. Hitotsubashi University, Japan

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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Equity Among Overlapping Generations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Pension Contributions and Capital Accumulation

      • Toshihiro Ihori
      Pages 3-19

    3. Equity and Efficiency in Overlapping Generations Economies

      • Tomoichi Shinotsuka, Koichi Suga, Kotaro Suzumura, Koichi Tadenuma
      Pages 20-35

    4. Social Security Pensions and Intergenerational Equity: The Japanese Case

      • Noriyuki Takayama
      Pages 36-52

  4. Intergenerational Evaluations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Formal Welfarism and Intergenerational Equity

      • Claude d’Aspremont
      Pages 113-130

    3. Intertemporal Social Evaluation

      • Charles Blackorby, Walter Bossert, David Donaldson
      Pages 131-154

    4. Intergenerational Fairness

      • Marc Fleurbaey
      Pages 155-175

    5. Person-Affecting Paretian Egalitarianism with Variable Population Size

      • Bertil Tungodden, Peter Vallentyne
      Pages 176-200

  5. Sustainability and Human Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Intergenerational Justice and Sustainability Under the Leximin Ethic

      • John E. Roemer
      Pages 203-227

    3. Intergenerational Justice, International Relations and Sustainability

      • John E. Roemer, Roberto Veneziani
      Pages 228-251

    4. Intergenerational Equity and Human Development

      • Joaquim Silvestre
      Pages 252-287

  6. Long-Run Issues of Intergenerational Equity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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About this book

This book addresses distributive justice across generations and includes original theories from distinguished economists on intergenerational equity, efficiency and rationality, which discuss policies on social security, pensions, and environmental degradation, as examples of policies of the present generation which impact upon future generations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Yale University, USA

    John Roemer

  • Hitotsubashi University, Japan

    Kotaro Suzumura

About the editors

GEIR B. ASHEIM University of Oslo, Norway CLAUDE D' ASPREMONT Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, Université de Louvain, Belgium KAUSIK BASU Cornell University, USA CHARLES BLACKORBY University of Warwick, UK WALTER BOSSERT Université de Montréal, Canada DAVID DONALDSON University of British Columbia, Canada MARC FLEURBAEY Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France TOSHIHIRO IHORI University of Tokyo, Japan TAPAN MITRA Cornell University, USA TOMOICHI SHINOTSUKA University of Tsukuba, Japan KOICHI SUGA Waseda University, Japan JOAQUIM SILVESTRE University of California at Davis, USA KOICHI TADENUMA Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan NORIYUKI TAKAYAMA Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan BERTIL TUNGODDEN Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway PETER VALLENTYNE University of Missouri at Columbia, USA NGO VAN LONG McGill University, Canada ROBERTO VENEZIANI Queen Mary College, University of London, UK YONGSHENG XU Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, University of Atlanta, USA NAOKI YOSHIHARA Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

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