Social Choice and Strategic Decisions: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey S. Banks

by John Duggan and David Austen-Smith

Book Overview

Social choices, about expenditures on government programs, or about public policy more broadly, or indeed from any conceivable set of alternatives, are determined by politics. This book is a collection of essays that tie together the fields spanned by Jeffrey S. Banks' research on this subject. It examines the strategic aspects of political decision-making, including the choices of voters in committees, the positioning of candidates in electoral campaigns,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642060390
• ISBN13: 9783642060397
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"