A fair solution to the compensation problem
Article
Mathematical Social Sciences
Issue number:
2
Publisher:
Elsevier
Year:
2009
Journal pages:
226–237
We propose an aggregation model which explains stereotype formation under the attribution hypothesis. We show, under very mild axioms, that an observer can be thought of perceiving a group in terms of her subjective opinion about the representativeness of subgroups, as well as a possible prejudice she might have.