Individual and Collective Choice and Social Welfare: Essays in Honor of Nick Baigent

ISBN-13: 9783662522677 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 377 str.

Constanze Binder; Giulius Codognato; Miriam Teschl

Opis

Showing how the use of biodegradable plastics in agriculture can have a profound positive impact on plasticulture, this book starts with an organic chemistry approach to biodegradable and compostable plastics, both natural and synthetic, and then analyzes the technological and agronomic aspects of existing bioplastics for protected cultivation.

Spis treści

Part I: Individual Choice and Rationality.- Part II: Collective Choice and Collective Rationality.- Part III: Social Welfare and Equilibrium.- Part IV: An Interview with Nick Baigent.

Blurb

The papers in this volume explore various issues relating to theories of individual and collective choice, and theories of social welfare. The topics include individual and collective rationality, motivation and intention in economics, coercion, public goods, climate change, and voting theory. The book offers an excellent overview over latest research in these fields.