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Collective Preference and Choice
Shmuel Nitzan
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Description for Collective Preference and Choice
hardcover. A study of the classical aggregation problems that arise in social choice theory, voting theory, and group decision-making under uncertainty. Num Pages: 274 pages, 7 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 57.
Collective decision-making is a familiar feature of our social, political, and economic lives. It ranges from the relatively trivial (e.g. the choice of the next family car) to the globally significant (e.g. whether or not a country should go to war). Yet, whether trivial or globally significant, such decisions involve a number of challenging problems. These problems arise in the standard social choice setting, where individuals differ in their preferences. They also arise in the standard decision-making setting, where individuals share the same preferences, but differ in their decisional capabilities. The distinctive feature of Collective Preference and Choice is ... Read more
Collective decision-making is a familiar feature of our social, political, and economic lives. It ranges from the relatively trivial (e.g. the choice of the next family car) to the globally significant (e.g. whether or not a country should go to war). Yet, whether trivial or globally significant, such decisions involve a number of challenging problems. These problems arise in the standard social choice setting, where individuals differ in their preferences. They also arise in the standard decision-making setting, where individuals share the same preferences, but differ in their decisional capabilities. The distinctive feature of Collective Preference and Choice is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521897259
SKU
V9780521897259
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About Shmuel Nitzan
Shmuel Nitzan is Sir Isaac Wolfson Professor of Economics at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is the author (with Jacob Paroush) of Collective Decision Making (1986) and (with Gil Epstein) of Endogenous Public Policy and Contests (2007). His research focuses on political economy, social choice, collective decision-making, public economics, and voting theory.
Reviews for Collective Preference and Choice
'This is a first rate book, covering basic social choice theory (Arrow, Sen, Condorcet, Borda, etc.), as well as group choice when individuals seek the same objective but disagree on how to bring it about - an area in which Shmuel Nitzan himself has made seminal contributions. The material is well presented. This lucid treatment is ideal for newcomers to ... Read more