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2014 | 15 | 3 | 145-158

Article title

DOKŁADNOŚĆ SKAL EKWIWALENTNOŚCI A INDYFERENCJA STOCHASTYCZNA

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EN
EQUIVALENCE SCALE EXACTNESS AND STOCHASTIC INDIFFERENCE

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PL

Abstracts

PL
W pracy dowodzimy twierdzenia, które wiąże założenie dokładności skal ekwiwalentności (ESE) z symetrycznym czynnikiem dominacji stochastycznej pierwszego rzędu. Dokładniej, niech X i Y będą rozkładami wydatków, odpowiednio, analizowanej grupy gospodarstw domowych i grupy gospodarstw odniesienia. Niech Z oznacza rozkład X skorygowany za pomocą pewnej skali ekwiwalentności. Jeśli spełnione jest założenie ESE, to Z jest stochastycznie indyferentne z X. Jednakże indyferencja stochastyczna (SI) nie implikuje ESE. Oznacza to, że SI jest założeniem słabszym niż ESE. Proponujemy obliczać skale ekwiwalentności na podstawie kryterium SI, gdy ESE nie jest spełnione.
EN
In this paper we prove the theorem, which links the equivalence scale exactness (ESE) assumption with the symmetric factor of the first order stochastic dominance. Namely, let X and Y be the expenditure distributions of an analysed group of households and the reference household group, respectively. Let Z be the X distribution adjusted by an equivalence scale. If the ESE assumption holds then Z will be the first order stochastically indifferent with Y. However, stochastic indifference (SI) does not imply ESE. This means that SI is a weaker assumption than ESE. We propose to calculate equivalence scales based on SI criterion when ESE is violated.

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15

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3

Pages

145-158

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published
2014

Contributors

  • Katedra Nauk Ekonomicznych, Politechnika Gdańska

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