Collective preference and choice / Shmuel Nitzan.
Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xvii, 255 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780521722131
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| 302.3 L722 Working with groups | 302.3 M478 Group mind | 302.3 M657 Group structure and the newcomer | 302.3 N733 Collective preference and choice / | 302.3 R663 Groups | 302.3 SI594 Models of man, social and rational | 302.3 St864 Emotional dynamics and group culture |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. 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.
A study of the classical aggregation problems that arise in social choice theory, voting theory, and group decision-making under uncertainty.
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