Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63067 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 2004,24
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
This paper shows how two important interregional transfer schemes,the foundation grant and the power equalization grant, can be seen as two different interpretations of equal opportunity ethics. It provides characterizations of both transfer schemes by the use of basic liberal egalitarian principles. Both the foundation grant and the power equalization grant scheme make use of specific reference levels. The paper also shows how reasonable requirements on the transfer schemes restrict the set of possible reference levels.
Subjects: 
transfer schemes
foundation grant
power equalization grant
liberal egalitarian principles
JEL: 
E62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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