Social Choice Theory : An Introductory Text /

This introductory textbook on social choice theory makes the social choice theoretic framework and its main results, that have a direct bearing on the discourses on electoral rules and policy evaluation, accessible to a larger audience. The text is essentially self-contained. No previous knowledge o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jain, Satish Kumar (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:	1st ed. 2022.
Series:	Springer Texts in Business and Economics,
Subjects:	Microeconomics. Social choice. Welfare economics. Economics. Finance, Public. Social Choice and Welfare. Public Choice and Political Economy. Public Economics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Elementary Logic
Sets, Relations, Functions
Binary Relations
Social Choice Theoretic Framework and Arrow Impossibility Theorem
Some Important Value-Judgments, Rules and Theorems
Implications of Weakening of Some of Arrow Conditions
The Method of Majority Decision: Conditions for Transitivity and Quasi-Transitivity
Strategic Aspects
Summary and Concluding Remarks.