Empirical social choice questionnaire : experimental studies on distributive justice

Since Aristotle, many different theories of distributive justice have been proposed, by philosophers as well as social scientists. The typical approach within social choice theory is to assess these theories in an axiomatic way – most of the time the reader is confronted with abstract reasoning and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gaertner, Wulf, Schokkaert, Erik (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Empirical social choice : why and how?
  • Traditional questions in social choice theory
  • New questions: fairness in economic environments
  • Fairness in health
  • Final remarks