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Collective preference and choice / (Record no. 420265)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 136552
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field ISI Library, Kolkata
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20160211133050.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780521722131
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency ISI Library
Language of cataloging eng
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 302.3
Edition number 23
Item number N733
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Nitzan, Shmuel.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Collective preference and choice /
Statement of responsibility, etc Shmuel Nitzan.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Cambridge :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Cambridge University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2010.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvii, 255 p. :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. The reason for the problems --<br/>2. Brief overview of the problems --<br/>3. The relationship between preferences and choice --<br/>4. Do social preferences exist? --<br/>5. The desirable decision rule: axiomatization --<br/>6. Rule selection based on compromise with the unanimity criterion --<br/>7. Paradoxes of voting --<br/>8. Majority tyranny --<br/>9. The problems of inefficient provision of public goods --<br/>10. Do individuals reveal their true preferences? --<br/>11. Which rule is better: the expert rule or the simple majority rule? decisional errors in dichotomous choice and Condorect's jury theoroem --<br/>12. The optimal decision rule under uncertain dichotomous choice --<br/>Bibliography --<br/>Author index --<br/>Subject index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A study of the classical aggregation problems that arise in social choice theory, voting theory, and group decision-making under uncertainty.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Group decision making
General subdivision Mathematical models.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social choice
General subdivision Mathematical models.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Books
Holdings
Lost status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
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