Preferences, value, choice, and welfare / Daniel M. Hausman.
Preferences, value, choice, and welfare / Daniel M. Hausman.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
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N658.8343/31
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English
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xiv, 153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Preferences, comparative evaluations, ad reasons -- Part I. Preferences in Positive Economics: 2. Preference axioms and their implications; 3. Revealed-preference theory; 4. Preferences, decision theory, and consequentialism; 5. Game theory and consequentialism; 6. Constraints and counterpreferen...
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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New York (State)
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2012.
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"This book is about preferences, principally as they figure in economics. It also explores their uses in everyday language and action, how they are understood in psychology and how they figure in philosophical reflection on action and morality. The book clarifies and for the most part defends the way in which economists invoke preferences to explai...
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Preferences, value, choice, and welfare / Daniel M. Hausman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-158) and index.
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N658.8343/31
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1107695120 (paperback)
9781107015432 (hardback)
110701543X (hardback)
9781107695122 (paperback)
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658.8343
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991011229869702626
