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Choice, preferences, and procedures : a rational choice theoretic approach
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- ISBN: 9780674725126
- ISBN: 0674725123
- ISBN: 9780674726307
- ISBN: 0674726308
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1 online resource (xvi, 787 pages) : illustrations
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Computer data. - Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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| General Note: | Chiefly essays previously published in various sources. CatMonthString:july.19 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Original Sources -- 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 -- Part VI. Competition, Cooperation, and Economic Welfare -- Introduction to Part VI -- Essay 21. Entry Barriers and Economic Welfare -- Essay 22. Oligopolistic Competition and Economic Welfare: A General Equilibrium Analysis of Entry Regulation and Tax-Subsidy Schemes -- Essay 23. Symmetric Cournot Oligopoly and Economic Welfare: A Synthesis -- Essay 24. Cooperative and Noncooperative R & D in an Oligopoly with Spillovers -- Part VII. Historically Speaking -- Introduction to Part VII -- Essay 25. Introduction to Social Choice and Welfare -- Essay 26. Paretian Welfare Judgments and Bergsonian Social Choice -- Essay 27. Welfare Economics beyond Welfarist Consequentialism -- Essay 28. Informational Bases of Welfare Economics, Transcendental Institutionalism, and the Comparative Assessment Approach -- Index. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions: NLC students and staff only. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Language Note: | In English. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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