Collective Choice and Social Welfare
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Collective Choice and Social Welfare is a foundational work in social choice theory that rigorously examines how individual preferences can be aggregated into collective decisions while addressing issues of welfare, justice, and fairness.
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| Collective Choice and Social Welfare canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Collective Choice and Social Welfare Context triple: [Amartya Sen, notableWork, Collective Choice and Social Welfare]
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Nash bargaining solution
The Nash bargaining solution is a foundational concept in game theory that defines a fair and efficient outcome for two-party bargaining problems based on axioms of rationality and symmetry.
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Kalai–Smorodinsky bargaining solution
The Kalai–Smorodinsky bargaining solution is a cooperative game theory concept that selects a fair agreement between parties by preserving proportional gains relative to their best possible outcomes.
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expected utility theory (with John von Neumann)
Expected utility theory (with John von Neumann) is a foundational framework in economics and decision theory that models how rational agents make choices under uncertainty by maximizing the expected value of a utility function.
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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior is a foundational 1944 book by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern that established game theory as a rigorous mathematical framework for analyzing strategic decision-making in economics.
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E.
Rubinstein bargaining model
The Rubinstein bargaining model is a foundational game-theoretic framework that analyzes how two parties reach agreement over time through alternating offers under the influence of impatience and strategic delay.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Collective Choice and Social Welfare Target entity description: Collective Choice and Social Welfare is a foundational work in social choice theory that rigorously examines how individual preferences can be aggregated into collective decisions while addressing issues of welfare, justice, and fairness.
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A.
Nash bargaining solution
The Nash bargaining solution is a foundational concept in game theory that defines a fair and efficient outcome for two-party bargaining problems based on axioms of rationality and symmetry.
-
B.
Kalai–Smorodinsky bargaining solution
The Kalai–Smorodinsky bargaining solution is a cooperative game theory concept that selects a fair agreement between parties by preserving proportional gains relative to their best possible outcomes.
-
C.
expected utility theory (with John von Neumann)
Expected utility theory (with John von Neumann) is a foundational framework in economics and decision theory that models how rational agents make choices under uncertainty by maximizing the expected value of a utility function.
-
D.
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior is a foundational 1944 book by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern that established game theory as a rigorous mathematical framework for analyzing strategic decision-making in economics.
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E.
Rubinstein bargaining model
The Rubinstein bargaining model is a foundational game-theoretic framework that analyzes how two parties reach agreement over time through alternating offers under the influence of impatience and strategic delay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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| instanceOf |
academic monograph
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ work in social choice theory ⓘ |
| aim |
to clarify how individual preferences can be aggregated into collective decisions
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to examine the ethical foundations of social welfare judgments ⓘ to reconcile welfare, justice, and fairness in collective choice ⓘ |
| author | Amartya Sen ⓘ |
| contribution |
critique of purely ordinal approaches to welfare
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defense of the possibility of interpersonal welfare comparisons ⓘ formal analysis of conditions for social welfare orderings ⓘ framework for evaluating social states ⓘ integration of welfare economics with social choice theory ⓘ |
| field |
economic theory
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political philosophy ⓘ social choice theory ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| genre |
economics literature
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political economy literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of equity and welfare comparisons
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axiomatic analysis of social choice rules ⓘ discussion of Arrow-type impossibility results ⓘ treatment of rights and individual liberties ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern welfare economics
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public choice theory ⓘ social evaluation of public policies ⓘ theory of justice debates ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Arrow’s impossibility theorem
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aggregation of individual preferences ⓘ choice under social constraints ⓘ collective decision-making ⓘ collective rationality ⓘ equity and efficiency trade-offs ⓘ fairness ⓘ interpersonal comparisons of utility ⓘ justice ⓘ rights and liberties in social choice ⓘ social choice rules ⓘ social welfare ⓘ social welfare functions ⓘ value judgments in welfare economics ⓘ welfare judgments ⓘ |
| notableFor |
foundational status in social choice theory
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linking formal social choice theory with normative ethics ⓘ rigorous axiomatic treatment of social choice ⓘ |
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