Rational Choice and Social Welfare: Theory and Applications Essays in Honor of Kotaro Suzumura

273 Pages·2008·3.385 MB·English

by  Maurice Salles (auth.), Professor Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Professor Koichi Tadenuma, Professor Yongsheng Xu, Professor Naoki Yoshihara (eds.)

Studies in Choice and Welfare
Editor-in-Chief
M.Salles,France
SeriesEditors
P.K.Pattanaik,USA
K.Suzumura,Japan
KotaroSuzumura
Prasanta K. Pattanaik Koichi Tadenuma
•
Yongsheng Xu Naoki Yoshihara
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Editors
Rational Choice
and Social Welfare
Theory and Applications
Essays in Honor of Kotaro Suzumura
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Editors
ProfessorPrasantaK.Pattanaik ProfessorKoichiTadenuma
DepartmentofEconomics DepartmentofEconomics
UniversityofCalifornia HitotsubashiUniversity
Riverside 2-1Naka,Kunitachi
CA,92521 Tokyo186-8601
U.S.A Japan
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ProfessorYongshengXu ProfessorNaokiYoshihara
DepartmentofEconomics InstituteofEconomicResearch
AndrewYoungSchoolofPolicyStudies HitotsubashiUniversity
GeorgiaStateUniversity 2-1Naka,Kunitachi
P.O.Box3992 Tokyo186-8603
Atlanta,GA30302-3992 Japan
U.S.A. [email protected]
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Preface
Thisvolumebringstogetherpapers,whichwerefirstpresentedattheInternational
Conference on Rational Choice, Individual Rights and Non-Welfaristic Normative
Economics,heldinhonourofKotaroSuzumuraatHitotsubashiUniversity,Tokyo,
on11–13March2006,andwhichhavesubsequentlygonethroughtheusualprocess
ofreviewbyreferees.Wehavebeenhelpedbymanyindividualsandinstitutionsin
organizing theconference and puttingthisvolume together. Wearegrateful tothe
authorsofthisvolumeforcontributingtheirpapersandtotherefereeswhoreviewed
thepapers.WegratefullyacknowledgetheverygenerousfundingsbytheMinistry
ofEducation,Culture,Sports,ScienceandTechnology,Japan,throughthegrantfor
the21stCenturyCenterofExcellence(COE)ProgramontheNormativeEvaluation
and Social Choice of Contemporary Economic Systems, and by the Japan Society
forthePromotionofScience,throughthegrantforInternationalScientificMeetings
in Japan, and the unstinted effort of the staff of the COE Program at Hitotsubashi
University,withoutwhichtheconferencein2006wouldnothavebeenpossible.We
thankDr.MartinaBihn,theEditorialDirectorofSpringer-Verlagforeconomicsand
business,forheradviceandhelp.
Finally,wewouldliketomentionthatithasbeenagreatpleasureandprivilege
forustoeditthisvolume,whichisintendedtobeatributetoKotaroSuzumura’sim-
menseintellectualcontributions,especiallyinthetheoryofrationalchoice,welfare
economics,andthetheoryofsocialchoice.
Riverside PrasantaK.Pattanaik
Tokyo KoichiTadenuma
Atlanta YongshengXu
Tokyo NaokiYoshihara
2007
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Professor Kotaro Suzumura
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