Individual and Collective Choice and Social Welfare Essays in Honor of Nick Baigent /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Binder, Constanze (Editor), Codognato, Giulio (Editor), Teschl, Miriam (Editor), Xu, Yongsheng (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Studies in Choice and Welfare,
• Subjects: Political economy.; Political philosophy.; Economic theory.; Microeconomics.; Public finance.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Political Economy.; Public Economics.; Political Philosophy.

The papers in this volume explore various issues relating to theories of individual and collective choice, and theories of social welfare. The topics include individual and collective rationality, motivation and intention in economics, coercion, public goods, climate change, and voting theory. The b...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Individual Choice and Rationality
• Part II: Collective Choice and Collective Rationality
• Part III: Social Welfare and Equilibrium
• Part IV: An Interview with Nick Baigent.