The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice

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. Contributors to this volume - Mohammed Abdellaoui, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Carlos Alos-Ferrer, University of Konstanz Paul Anand, Open University and Oxford University Han Bleichrodt, Erasmus University Chuck Blackorby, University of Warwick Walter Bossert, Universite de Montreal David Donaldson, University of Stirling Keith Dowding, London School of Economics and Political Science Jurgen Eichberger, University of Mannheim Mark Fleurbaey, CNRS, University Paris-Descartes and LSE Wulf Gaertner, University of Osnabruck Simon Grant, Rice University Alan Hajek, 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-Universitat 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