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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298516003321

Titolo

Individual and Collective Choice and Social Welfare : Essays in Honor of Nick Baigent / / edited by Constanze Binder, Giulio Codognato, Miriam Teschl, Yongsheng Xu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-662-46439-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Collana

Studies in Choice and Welfare, , 2197-8530

Disciplina

320.01

330

330.1

336

338.5

339.5

Soggetti

Econometrics

International economic relations

Finance, Public

Political science - Philosophy

Microeconomics

Quantitative Economics

International Political Economy’

Public Economics

Political Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 book offers an excellent overview over latest research in these fields.