DOKŁADNOŚĆ SKAL EKWIWALENTNOŚCI A INDYFERENCJA STOCHASTYCZNA
EQUIVALENCE SCALE EXACTNESS AND STOCHASTIC INDIFFERENCE

Summary/Abstract: 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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