Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174406 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2016-14
Publisher: 
University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics, Amherst, MA
Abstract: 
Robert Nozick allegedly introduced his liberal theory of private ownership as an objection to theories of end-state justice. Nevertheless, we show that, in a stylized framework for the allocation of goods in joint ventures, both approaches can be seen as complementary. More precisely, in such a context, self-ownership (the basis for Nozick's entitlement theory of justice) followed by voluntary transfer (Nozick's principle of just transfer) can lead to end-state fairness (as well as Pareto efficiency). Furthermore, under a certain solidarity condition, the only way to achieve end-state fairness, following Nozick's procedure, is to endorse an egalitarian rule for the initial assignment of rights.
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Working Paper

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