Handbook of social choice and welfare . Volume two /
This second part of a two-volume set continues to describe economists' efforts to quantify the social decisions people necessarily make and the philosophies that those choices define.€ Contributors draw on lessons from€philosophy, history, and other disciplines, but they ultimately use editor K...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2011.
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| Series: | Handbooks in economics ;
bk. 19. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This second part of a two-volume set continues to describe economists' efforts to quantify the social decisions people necessarily make and the philosophies that those choices define.€ Contributors draw on lessons from€philosophy, history, and other disciplines, but they ultimately use editor Kenneth Arrow's seminal work on social choice as a jumping-off point for discussing ways to incentivize, punish, and distribute€goods.€ Develops many subjects from Volume 1 (2002) while introducing new themes in welfare economics and social choice. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 962 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080929828 0080929826 |