ISBN:
9780674726307
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0674726308
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 787 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
New York Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302/.1301
Keywords:
Social choice
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Rational choice theory
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Welfare economics
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Normative economics
Abstract:
Introduction -- Part I: Rational choice as rationalizable choice. Introduction to Part I ; Essay 1. Rational choice and revealed preference ; Essay 2. Houthakker's Axiom in the theory of rational choice ; Essay 3. Suzumura-consistent rationalizability ; Essay 4. Revealed preference and choice under uncertainty -- Part II: Social choice and welfare economics. Introduction to Part II ; Essay 5. Impossibility theorems without collective rationality ; Essay 6. Remarks on the theory of collective choice ; Essay 7. Arrovian aggregation in economic environments: how much should we know about indifference surfaces? ; Essay 8. A characterization of Suzumura-consistent collective choice rules -- Part III: Equity, efficiency, and intergenerational justice. Introduction to Part III ; Essay 9. On pareto-efficiency and the no-envy concept of equity ; Essay 10. The informational basis of the theory of fair allocation ; Essay 11. Ordering infinite utility streams ; Essay 12. Multi-profile intergenerational social choice -- Part IV: Individual rights and social welfare. Introduction to Part IV ; Essay 13. On the consistency of libertarian claims ; Essay 14. Liberal paradox and the voluntary exchange of rights exercising ; Essay 15. Individual rights revisited ; Essay 16. Welfare, rights, and social choice procedure: a perspective -- Part V: Consequentialism versus nonconsequentialism. Introduction to Part V ; Essay 17. Consequences, opportunities, and procedures ; Essay 18. Characterizations of consequentialism and nonconsequentialism ; Essay 19. Consequences, opportunities, and generalized consequentialism and nonconsequentialism ; Essay 20. Welfarist-consequentialism, similarity of attitudes, and Arrow's General impossibility theorem.
Note:
Chiefly essays previously published in various sources
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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