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100 | 1 | _aNitzan, Shmuel. | |
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_aCollective preference and choice / _cShmuel Nitzan. |
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_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010. |
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_axvii, 255 p. : _billustrations ; _c24 cm. |
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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. | ||
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_aGroup decision making _xMathematical models. |
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_aSocial choice _xMathematical models. |
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