Domain Conditions in Social Choice Theory
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Wulf Gaertner provides a comprehensive account of an important and complex issue within social choice theory: how to establish a social welfare function while restricting the spectrum of individual preferences in a sensible way. Gaertner's starting point is K. J. Arrow's famous 'Impossibility Theorem', which showed that no welfare function could exist if an unrestricted domain of preferences is to be satisfied together with some other appealing conditions. A number of leading economists have tried to provide avenues out of this 'impossibility' by restricting the variety of preferences: here, Gaertner provides a clear and detailed account, using standardized mathematical notation, of well over forty theorems associated with domain conditions. Domain Conditions in Social Choice Theory will be an essential addition to the library of social choice theory for scholars and their advanced graduate students.
Book Details
ISBN-13: 9780521028745
EAN: 9780521028745
Publisher Date: 31 Jul 2006
Bood Data Readership Text: Professional & Vocational
Dewey: 302.13
Height: 216 mm
Language: English
MediaMail: Y
Number of Items: 01
PrintOnDemand: Y
Series Title: English
Star Rating: 0
Year Of Publication: 2006
ISBN-10: 0521028744
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding: Paperback
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Gardner Classification Code: K01
Illustrations: 6 b/w illus.
Lexile Reading: 1520
No of Pages: 168
Pagination: 168 pages, 6 b/w illus.
Returnable: N
Spine Width: 10 mm
Width: 138 mm