Collective Preference and Choice

by Shmuel Nitzan

Book Overview

Collective decision-making is a familiar feature of our social, political, and economic lives. It ranges from the relatively trivial (e.g. the choice of the next family car) to the globally significant (e.g. whether or not a country should go to war). Yet, whether trivial or globally significant, such decisions involve a number of challenging problems. These problems arise in the standard social choice setting, where individuals differ in their preferences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521722136
• ISBN13: 9780521722131
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"