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Individual and Collective Choice and Social Welfare

Essays in Honor of Nick Baigent

  • Presents latest research results on individual and collective choice and on social welfare I
  • Includes chapters on coercion and motivation in economics as well as on procedures and freedom
  • Provides new insights into individual decision-making

Part of the book series: Studies in Choice and Welfare (WELFARE)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Constanze Binder, Giulio Codognato, Miriam Teschl, Yongsheng Xu
    Pages 1-7
  3. Individual Choice and Rationality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. Conflicts in Decision Making

      • Ritxar Arlegi, Miriam Teschl
      Pages 11-29
    3. Rationality and Context-Dependent Preferences

      • Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Yongsheng Xu
      Pages 49-63
    4. A Primer on Economic Choice Automata

      • Mark R. Johnson
      Pages 65-94
    5. Moral Responsibility and Individual Choice

      • Constanze Binder, Martin van Hees
      Pages 95-105
  4. Collective Choice and Collective Rationality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
    2. Multi-Profile Intertemporal Social Choice: A Survey

      • Walter Bossert, Kotaro Suzumura
      Pages 109-126
    3. Minimal Maskin Monotonic Extensions of Tournament Solutions

      • Ä°pek Ă–zkal-Sanver, Pelin Pasin, M. Remzi Sanver
      Pages 127-141
    4. Nondictatorial Arrovian Social Welfare Functions: An Integer Programming Approach

      • Francesca Busetto, Giulio Codognato, Simone Tonin
      Pages 149-169
    5. Climate Change and Social Choice Theory

      • Norman Schofield
      Pages 179-211
  5. Social Welfare and Equilibrium

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
    2. Forced Trades in a Free Market

      • Marc Fleurbaey
      Pages 227-252
    3. The Merits of Merit Wants

      • Richard Sturn
      Pages 289-308

About this book

The papers in this volume explore various issues relating to theories of individual and collective choice, and theories of social welfare. The topics include individual and collective rationality, motivation and intention in economics, coercion, public goods, climate change, and voting theory. The book offers an excellent overview over latest research in these fields.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Constanze Binder

  • Department of Economics, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    Giulio Codognato

  • Aix-Marseille University, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, CNRS & EHESS, Marseille, France

    Miriam Teschl

  • Department of Economics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

    Yongsheng Xu

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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