Pareto efficiency — Pareto efficiency, or Pareto optimality, is an important concept in economics with broad applications in game theory, engineering and the social sciences. The term is named after Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist who used the concept in his… … Wikipedia
Pareto index — In economics the Pareto index, named after the Italian economist and sociologist Vilfredo Pareto, is a measure of the breadth of income or wealth distribution. It is one of the parameters specifying a Pareto distribution and embodies the Pareto… … Wikipedia
Optimality criterion — In statistics, an optimality criterion provides a measure of the fit of the data to a given hypothesis. The selection process is determined by the solution that optimizes the criteria used to evaluate the alternative hypotheses. The term has been … Wikipedia
Cass criterion — The Cass Criterion is a central result in theory of overlapping generations models in economics. It is named after David Cass.citation | last1 = Cass| first1 = David | year=1972 |title= On capital overaccumulation in the aggregative neoclassical… … Wikipedia
Arrow's impossibility theorem — In social choice theory, Arrow’s impossibility theorem, the General Possibility Theorem, or Arrow’s paradox, states that, when voters have three or more distinct alternatives (options), no voting system can convert the ranked preferences of… … Wikipedia
Compensation principle — In welfare economics, the compensation principle refers to a decision rule used to select between pairs of alternative feasible social states. One of these states is the hypothetical point of departure ( the original state ). According to the… … Wikipedia
Cloneproof Schwartz Sequential Dropping — Die Schulze Methode (nach Markus Schulze) ist ein Wahlsystem und die derzeit am weitesten verbreitete Condorcet Methode. Spezielle Heuristiken der Schulze Methode sind auch bekannt unter den Namen Beatpath, Beatpaths, Beatpath Method, Beatpath… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Schulzemethode — Die Schulze Methode (nach Markus Schulze) ist ein Wahlsystem und die derzeit am weitesten verbreitete Condorcet Methode. Spezielle Heuristiken der Schulze Methode sind auch bekannt unter den Namen Beatpath, Beatpaths, Beatpath Method, Beatpath… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Kaldor-Hicks efficiency — (named for Nicholas Kaldor and John Hicks) is a measure of economic efficiency that captures some of the intuitive appeal of Pareto efficiency, but has less stringent criteria and is hence applicable to more circumstances. Under Kaldor Hicks… … Wikipedia