Revealed Meta-Preferences: Axiomatic Foundations of Normative Assessments in the Capability Approach
OPHI Research in Progress
The paper looks at the axiomatic foundations of normative assessments in the capability approach. In particular it reviews the validity of the axiom of revealed preferences in view of A.K. Sen's critique and proposes an alternative formulation and associated ranking rules.
Citation: Silva-Leander, S. (2011). 'Revealed meta-preferences: Axiomatic foundations of normative assessments in the capability approach', OPHI Research in Progress No. 26b, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.
See also OPHI Working Paper 48 (2011).
Keywords:
capability aproach, poverty measurement, Amartya Sen