Social Choice and Individual Values
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Social Choice and Individual Values is a foundational 1951 book by economist Kenneth Arrow that established modern social choice theory and introduced Arrow’s impossibility theorem.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Social Choice and Individual Values Context triple: [Arrow’s impossibility theorem, publishedIn, Social Choice and Individual Values]
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A.
Collective Choice and Social Welfare
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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Arrow’s impossibility theorem
Arrow’s impossibility theorem is a foundational result in social choice theory showing that no voting system can convert individual preferences into a collective ranking while simultaneously satisfying a set of seemingly reasonable fairness criteria.
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C.
The Calculus of Consent
The Calculus of Consent is a foundational work in public choice theory that analyzes how constitutional rules and collective decision-making processes shape political and economic outcomes.
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D.
Condorcet paradox
The Condorcet paradox is a voting theory phenomenon where collective preferences can become cyclic and inconsistent, even when individual voters’ preferences are perfectly rational and transitive.
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E.
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.
- 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: Social Choice and Individual Values Target entity description: Social Choice and Individual Values is a foundational 1951 book by economist Kenneth Arrow that established modern social choice theory and introduced Arrow’s impossibility theorem.
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A.
Collective Choice and Social Welfare
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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B.
Arrow’s impossibility theorem
Arrow’s impossibility theorem is a foundational result in social choice theory showing that no voting system can convert individual preferences into a collective ranking while simultaneously satisfying a set of seemingly reasonable fairness criteria.
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C.
The Calculus of Consent
The Calculus of Consent is a foundational work in public choice theory that analyzes how constitutional rules and collective decision-making processes shape political and economic outcomes.
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D.
Condorcet paradox
The Condorcet paradox is a voting theory phenomenon where collective preferences can become cyclic and inconsistent, even when individual voters’ preferences are perfectly rational and transitive.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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economics book ⓘ work on social choice theory ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
microeconomics
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normative economics ⓘ |
| author | Kenneth Arrow ⓘ |
| citedBy |
research in collective choice and democracy
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research in social welfare theory ⓘ research in voting theory ⓘ |
| coreResult |
dictatorship is implied if all Arrow axioms hold
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no social welfare function can satisfy a set of seemingly reasonable conditions simultaneously ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
decision theory
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economics ⓘ political science ⓘ social choice theory ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| hasEdition | second edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of individual preference orderings
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analysis of social welfare orderings ⓘ axioms for social welfare functions ⓘ discussion of voting procedures ⓘ proof of Arrow impossibility theorem ⓘ |
| influenced |
axiomatic welfare economics
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collective decision-making research ⓘ mechanism design theory ⓘ modern social choice theory ⓘ political philosophy discussions of democracy ⓘ public choice theory ⓘ theory of voting ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
Arrow impossibility theorem
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linked to:
Arrow’s impossibility theorem
axiomatic approach to social choice ⓘ social welfare function (in modern formal sense) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Arrow impossibility theorem
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linked to:
Arrow’s impossibility theorem
collective decision-making ⓘ social choice ⓘ voting rules ⓘ welfare functions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing impossibility results in social choice
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formalization of conditions for rational social choice ⓘ foundational role in Arrow’s Nobel Prize–winning work ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| publisher | John Wiley & Sons ⓘ |
| secondEditionPublicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
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