HANDB RATIONAL & SOCIAL CHOICE C

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-929042-0
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1187 g

The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice provides an overview of issues arising in work on the foundations of decision theory and social choice over the past three decades. Drawing on work by economic theorists mainly, but also with contributions from political science, philosophy and psychology, the collection shows how the related areas of decision theory and social choice have developed in their applications and moved well beyond the basic models of expected utility and utilitarian approaches to welfare economics.

Containing twenty-three contributions, in many cases by leading figures in their fields, the handbook shows how the normative foundations of economics have changed dramatically as more general and explicit models of utility and group choice have been developed. This is perhaps the first time these developments have been brought together in a manner that seeks to identify and make accessible the recent themes and developments that have been of particular interest to researchers in recent years. The collection will be of particular value to researchers in economics with interests in utility or welfare but it will also be of interest to any social scientist or philosopher interested in theories of rationality or group decision-making.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anand, Paul

Pattanaik, Prasanta

Puppe, Clemens

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Utility Theory, Rationality and Decision-Making

- 1: Simon Grant and Timothy Van Zandt: Expected Utility Theory

- 2: Mohammed Abdellaoui: Rank-dependent Utility

- 3: Han Bleichrodt and Ulrich Schmidt: Applications of Non-Expected Utility

- 4: Jürgen Eichberger and David Kelsey: Ambiguity

- 5: Edward McClennen: The Normative Status of the Independence Axiom

- 6: Paul Anand: The Rationality of Intransitive Preference: Foundations for the Modern View

- 7: Alan Hájek: Dutch Book Arguments

- 8: Daniel Read: Experimental Tests of Rationality

- 9: Edi Karni: State-Dependent Utility

- 10: Paola Manzini and Marco Mariotti: Choice over Time

- 11: Carlos Alós-Ferrer and Karl Schlag: Imitation and Learning

- 12: Klaus Nehring and Clemens Puppe: Diversity

- Social Choice and Welfare

- 13: Prasanta Pattanaik: Limits of Utilitarianism as the Ethical Basis of Public Action

- 14: Kotaro Suzumura and Yongsheng Xu: Consequentialism and Non-Consequentialism: The Axiomatic Approach

- 15: Keith Dowding and Martin van Hees: Freedom of Choice

- 16: Marc Fleurbaey: Responsibility

- 17: Bertil Tungodden: Equality and Priority

- 18: Fabienne Peter: Rawlsian Justice

- 19: Christian List and Clemens Puppe: Judgement Aggregation: A Survey

- 20: Chuck Blackorby, Walter Bossert and David Donaldson: Population Ethics

- 21: Wulf Gaertner: Distributive Justice: An Overview of Experimental Evidence

- 22: Aki Tsuchiya and John Miyamoto: Social Choice in Health and Healthcare

- 23: Erik Schokkaert: The Capabilities Approach

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Anand is currently Professor of Economics, Decision Sciences, and Philosophy at the Open University and a Research Associate with the Health Economics Research Centre at Oxford University. Previously he has held a number of posts including Research Fellowships at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He has also acted as consultant for a number of organisations including the OECD and the NHS.

Prasanta Pattanaik is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of California, Riverside. Previously he has held a number of research and teaching posts including Nuffield College, Oxford University and Harvard University. He has also acted as editor on a number of journals including Social Choice and Welfare, Journal of Human Development, and Journal of International Trade and Development.

Clemens Puppe is Professor of Economics at the University of Karlsruhe. Previously he has held a number of posts including an Associate Professorship at the University of Bonn and Visiting Fellowships at the Universities of California at Davis and Harvard University.