Kranich, LaurenceUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía2009-04-082009-04-081995-092340-5031https://hdl.handle.net/10016/3919This paper provides an introduction to the recent literature on ordinal distributive justice. Its objetive is to explain the process of the mathematical analysis of fairness and to consider its potential for solving real allocative problems by means of several illustrative examples.application/pdfengAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 EspañaFairnessEquityDistributive justiceEquity and economic theory: reflections on methodology and scopeworking paperEconomíaopen access