قراءات إضافية
Non-technical overviews of choice theory are provided by
Elster and by Hargreaves Heap et al.; an overview
of the subplot of distributive justice is provided by Roemer. Further reading
relating to individual chapters is given below.
تمهيد
The Einstein quotation is from pp.
ix-x.
الفصل الأول
The concept of rational choice begins with Aristotle; the
origin of its more formal treatment may be ascribed, more arbitrarily, to
Robbins. The Trainspotting quotations are
from pp. 3–5 and from p. 106 of Hodge (with each occurrence of ‘fucking’
omitted); the Aristotle quotations are from p. 139; and the Hume quotations are
from pp. 266-7 (with abbreviations completed and emphasis
omitted).
الفصل الثاني
The formal treatment of choice under certainty originates
with Samuelson. Proofs of all the claims made in the main discussion may be
found in Fishburn (chapters 2 and 3) or in Suzumura (chapter
2).
الفصل الثالث
The formal treatment of choice where probabilities are
given originates with von Neumann and Morgenstern; that where probabilities must
be inferred originates with Savage, or, in the framework employed in this
chapter, with Anscombe and Aumann. The Nozick quotation is from Socratic Puzzles, p. 48. Proofs of all the claims
made in the main discussion may be found in Fishburn (chapters 8 and 12) or in
Kreps (chapters 5 and 7); those relating to the case where probabilities are not
given involve some serious mathematics.
الفصل الرابع
The formal treatment of risk aversion originates with Pratt. The
Rawls quotation is from p. 62; and the Nozick quotation is from Anarchy, pp. 149-50 (with emphasis omitted). Proofs
of all the claims made in the main discussion may be found in Arrow’s Essays (chapter 3) or in Kreps (chapter
6); those relating to the measure of risk
aversion involve some serious mathematics.
الفصل الخامس
The formal treatment of individual rationality in a
strategic setting originates with Bernheim and with Pearce; that of jointly
sustainable choice in such a setting originates with Nash. The Hume quotation is
from pp. 334-5 (with abbreviations completed). Proofs of all the claims made in
the main discussion may be found in Fudenberg and Tirole (chapters 1 and 2) or
in Osborne and Rubinstein (chapters 2 and 4); those relating to the equivalence
between strategic rationality and freedom from iterative dominance, and to the
existence of mixed strategy equilibria, involve some serious
mathematics.
الفصل السادس
The formal treatment of group choice originates with
Arrow’s Social Choice. The Binmore quotations
are from pp. 283 and 300 (with references and emphasis omitted). The proof of
the impossibility theorem follows that of Allingham, pp. 23–5. Proofs of all the
claims made in the main discussion may be found in Sen (chapters 3*–6*) or in
Suzumura (chapters 3–7).
