The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice

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.

ISBN 0199290423   Pages 608 ISBN13 9780199290420 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 1150 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Hardback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 15 Jan 2009   Width (mm) 171 Library of Congress 2008036749   Spine width (mm) 35 DEWEY 003.56   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Expected Utility Theory by Simon Grant and Timothy Van Zandt		21
2		Rank-Dependent Utility by Mohammed Abdellaoui		69
3		Applications of Non-Expected Utility by Han Bleichrodt and Ulrich Schmidt		90
4		Ambiguity by Jurgen Eichberger and David Kelsey		113
5		The Normative Status of the Independence Principle by Edward F. McClennen		140
6		Rationality and Intransitive Preference: Foundations for the Modern View by Paul Anand		156
7		Dutch Book Arguments by Alan Hajek		173
8		Experimental Tests of Rationality by Daniel Read		196
9		State-Dependent Utility by Edi Karni		222
10		Choice over Time by Paola Manzini and Marco Mariotti		239
11		Imitation and Learning by Carlos Alos-Ferrer and Karl H. Schlag		271
12		Diversity by Klaus Nehring and Clemens Puppe		298
13		Limits of Utilitarianism as the Ethical Basis of Public Action by Prasanta K. Pattanaik		323
14		Consequentialism and Non-Consequentialism: The Axiomatic Approach by Kotaro Suzumura and Yongsheng Xu		346
15		Freedom of Choice by Keith Dowding and Martin van Hees		374
16		Responsibility by Marc Fleurbaey		393
17		Equality and Priority by Bertil Tungodden		411
18		Rawlsian Justice by Fabienne Peter		433
19		Judgment Aggregation by Christian List and Clemens Puppe		457
20		Population Ethics by Charles Blackorby and Walter Bossert and David Donaldson		483
21		Distributive Justice: An Overview of Experimental Evidence by Wulf Gaertner		501
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