Theory of Social Choice and Welfare

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1913-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 244 mm

The main objective of the book is to provide a thorough exposition of selected topics in the theory of social choice and welfare. The book is intended for graduate students of economics, politics, and philosophy, and researchers who may need an introduction to the area.While we do not intend this book to be an exhaustive survey of the theory of social choice and welfare economics, we plan to discuss a large number of important topics in the subject. We would discuss in detail the literature on the Arrow - type aggregation problem as well as the literature on strategic manipulation and implementation, these being two of the main areas in the theory of social choice. We shall also provide a comprehensive discussion of certain topics, such as the non - welfaristic issues of rights, freedom, and opportunity, for which no systematic textbook treatment is yet available. The book would include a discussion of several problems of measurement (e.g., monetary measures of individual welfare, national income and the standard of living, and the measurement of inequality and poverty), which constitute important aspects of applied welfare economics.The exposition of the book will be rigorous and will include the proofs of all the main results. At the same time, we would like to incorporate extended interpretative and intuitive discussions. Exercises and suggestions for further reading will be given at the end of each chapter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Gesundheitsökonomie

Über Autor(innen)

Bhaskar Dutta is Professor of Economics at The University of Warwick, and is editor of Welfare Economics (OUP 1995) and co-editor (with Debraj Ray and Dileep Mookherjee) of Theoretical Issues in Economic Development (OUP 1993). He is Associate Editor of the online journal Economics Bulletin and on the editorial board of the Bulletin of Economic Research.Prasanta Pattanaik is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Riverside. He has authored or edited six books, including Globalization, Culture, and the Limits of the Market(OUP, forthcoming) and Choice, Welfare, and Development (OUP, 1995). He is Managing Editor of the journal Social Choice and Welfare and on the editorial boards of the Journal of International Trade and Development and The Japanese Economic Review.