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Consistency, choice, and rationality

Title: Consistency, choice, and rationality / Walter Bossert and Kotaro Suzumura.
Author: Bossert, Walter.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors

Suzumura, Kōtarō, 1944-2020.

Description

xii, 218 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"The authors present a thorough mathematical treatment of Suzumura consistency, an alternative to established coherence properties such as transitivity, quasi-transitivity, or acyclicity. Applications in individual and social choice theory, fields important not only to economics but also to philosophy and political science, are discussed. Specifically, the authors explore topics such as rational choice and revealed preference theory, and collective decision making in an atemporal framework as well as in an intergenerational setting."--Publisher.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

ONE: Foundations -- Historical background -- Mathematical background.
TWO: Rationalizability on general domains -- Definitions of rationalizability -- Characterizations.
THREE: Rationalizability on specific domains -- Domain closedness properties -- Cardinality-Complete domains.
FOUR: Alternative notions of rationalizability -- Non-deteriorating choice -- External norms and rational choice.
FIVE: Topics in social choice theory -- Collective choice rules -- Decisiveness and infinite populations.

ISBN

9780674052994
0674052994

LCCN

2010012972
40018430829

OCLC

ocn555658392
555658392
SCSB-8799054

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Princeton University Library