The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice

Edited by Paul Anand, Prastanta Pattanaik, and Clemens Puppe

Authoritative volume describes state-of-the art developments in the field
Multidisciplinary focus, including contributions from philosophy and the social sciences
Contributions from leading names in decision theory and social choice

The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice

Edited by Paul Anand, Prastanta Pattanaik, and Clemens Puppe

Description

The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice provides an overview of issues arising in work on the foundations of decision theory and social choice over the past three decades. Drawing on work by economic theorists mainly, but also with contributions from political science, philosophy and psychology, the collection shows how the related areas of decision theory and social choice have developed in their applications and moved well beyond the basic models of expected utility and utilitarian approaches to welfare economics.

Containing twenty-three contributions, in many cases by leading figures in their fields, the handbook shows how the normative foundations of economics have changed dramatically as more general and explicit models of utility and group choice have been developed. This is perhaps the first time these developments have been brought together in a manner that seeks to identify and make accessible the recent themes and developments that have been of particular interest to researchers in recent years. The collection will be of particular value to researchers in economics with interests in utility or welfare but it will also be of interest to any social scientist or philosopher interested in theories of rationality or group decision-making.

The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice

Edited by Paul Anand, Prastanta Pattanaik, and Clemens Puppe

Introduction, Paul Anand, Clemens Puppe, and Prasanta Pattanaik
Utility Theory, Rationality and Decision-Making
1. Expected Utility Theory, Simon Grant and Timothy Van Zandt
2. Rank-dependent Utility, Mohammed Abdellaoui
3. Applications of Non-Expected Utility, Han Bleichrodt and Ulrich Schmidt
4. Ambiguity, Jürgen Eichberger and David Kelsey
5. The Normative Status of the Independence Axiom, Edward McClennen
6. The Rationality of Intransitive Preference: Foundations for the Modern View, Paul Anand
7. Dutch Book Arguments, Alan Hájek
8. Experimental Tests of Rationality, Daniel Read
9. State-Dependent Utility, Edi Karni
10. Choice over Time, Paola Manzini and Marco Mariotti
11. Imitation and Learning, Carlos Alós-Ferrer and Karl Schlag
12. Diversity, Klaus Nehring and Clemens Puppe
Social Choice and Welfare
13. Limits of Utilitarianism as the Ethical Basis of Public Action, Prasanta Pattanaik
14. Consequentialism and Non-Consequentialism: The Axiomatic Approach, Kotaro Suzumura and Yongsheng Xu
15. Freedom of Choice, Keith Dowding and Martin van Hees
16. Responsibility, Marc Fleurbaey
17. Equality and Priority, Bertil Tungodden
18. Rawlsian Justice, Fabienne Peter
19. Judgement Aggregation: A Survey, Christian List and Clemens Puppe
20. Population Ethics, Chuck Blackorby, Walter Bossert and David Donaldson
21. Distributive Justice: An Overview of Experimental Evidence, Wulf Gaertner
22. Social Choice in Health and Healthcare, Aki Tsuchiya and John Miyamoto
23. The Capabilities Approach, Erik Schokkaert

The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice

Edited by Paul Anand, Prastanta Pattanaik, and Clemens Puppe

Author Information

Paul Anand was a Research Fellow of Templeton College Oxford when the book was written and currently has affiliations to the Open University, Oxford and LSE.

Prasanta Pattanaik is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of California, Riverside. Previously he has held a number of research and teaching posts including Nuffield College, Oxford University and Harvard University. He has also acted as editor on a number of journals including Social Choice and Welfare, Journal of Human Development, and Journal of International Trade and Development. Clemens Puppe is Professor of Economics at the University of Karlsruhe. Previously he has held a number of posts including an Associate Professorship at the University of Bonn and Visiting Fellowships at the Universities of California at Davis and Harvard University.

Contributors:

Mohammed Abdellaoui, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Carlos Alós-Ferrer, University of Konstanz
Paul Anand, Open University and Oxford University
Han Bleichrodt, Erasmus University
Chuck Blackorby, University of Warwick
Walter Bossert, Université de Montréal
David Donaldson, University of Stirling
Keith Dowding, London School of Economics and Political Science
Jürgen Eichberger, University of Mannheim
Mark Fleurbaey, CNRS, University Paris-Descartes and LSE
Wulf Gaertner, University of Osnabrück
Simon Grant, Rice University
Alan Hájek, Australian National University
Edi Karni, Johns Hopkins University
David Kelsey, University of Exeter
Christian List, London School of Economics and Political Science
Paola Manzini, Queen Mary, University of London
Marco Mariotti, Queen Mary, University of London
Edward McClennen, Syracuse University
John Miyamoto, University of Washington, Seattle
Klaus Nehring, University of California, Davis
Prasanta Pattanaik, University of California, Riverside
Fabienne Peter, University of Warwick
Clemens Puppe, University of Karlsruhe
Daniel Read, London School of Economics and Political Science
Karl Schlag, European University Institute
Ulrich Schmidt, Hanover Leibniz University and Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Erik Schokkaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Kotaro Suzumura, Hitotsubashi University
Aki Tsuchiya, University of Sheffield
Bertil Tungodden, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Timothy Van Zandt, INSEAD
Martin van Hees, University of Groningen
Yongsheng Xu, Georgia State University