A dual decomposition of the single-parameter Gini social evaluation functions
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For each single-parameter Gini social evaluation function, and by using the dual decomposition of the OWA operators, we derive two contributing factors. The rst one, the self-dual core that can be considered as a positional measure, similar to the mean. The second one, the anti-self dual remainder, that we will prove is an equality measure with balanced sensitivity to both tails.
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