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_beng
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100 1 _aNitzan, Shmuel.
245 1 0 _aCollective preference and choice /
_cShmuel Nitzan.
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _axvii, 255 p. :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 _a1. The reason for the problems -- 2. Brief overview of the problems -- 3. The relationship between preferences and choice -- 4. Do social preferences exist? -- 5. The desirable decision rule: axiomatization -- 6. Rule selection based on compromise with the unanimity criterion -- 7. Paradoxes of voting -- 8. Majority tyranny -- 9. The problems of inefficient provision of public goods -- 10. Do individuals reveal their true preferences? -- 11. Which rule is better: the expert rule or the simple majority rule? decisional errors in dichotomous choice and Condorect's jury theoroem -- 12. The optimal decision rule under uncertain dichotomous choice -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index.
520 _aA study of the classical aggregation problems that arise in social choice theory, voting theory, and group decision-making under uncertainty.
650 0 _aGroup decision making
_xMathematical models.
650 0 _aSocial choice
_xMathematical models.
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_cBK
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