Rational Choice and Social Welfare Theory and Applications Essays in Honor of Kotaro Suzumura /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pattanaik, Prasanta K. (Editor), Tadenuma, Koichi (Editor), Xu, Yongsheng (Editor), Yoshihara, Naoki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
• Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare,
• Subjects: Political science.; Political philosophy.; Economic theory.; Public finance.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Public Economics.; Political Science.; Political Philosophy.
• Physical Description: XII, 272 p. 18 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540798323
• ISSN: 1614-0311

The papers in this volume explore various issues relating to theories of rational choice and social welfare and their applications. The topics include resource allocation problems, population ethics, rationalizability of choice functions and demand functions for money, game theory, individual rights, and measurements of vulnerability, diversity, and changes in individual welfare. Researchers and advanced graduate students who want to learn more about such topics will find the book very useful.