Nachdem in den letzten Jahren das Konzept der stochasti schen Dominanz fur univariate Prospekte breite Anwendung in der Entscheidungsanalyse gefunden hat, scheint es an der Zeit zu sein, dies auch fur multivariate und allge meinere Prospekte zu versuchen. Die vorliegende Monogra phie behandelt die Theorie der stochastischen Dominanz fur univariate und besonders fur multivariate Prospekte sowie fur Prospekte in allgemeineren Raumen. Fur eine groBe Anzahl okonomisch relevanter Nutzenklassen werden die Dominanzrelationen durch Bedingungen an die Wahrschein lichkeitsverteilungen der Prospekte...

Martin Beckmann is going to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. This is almost unbelievable considering the vitality, ingenuity, and activity which he continues to show as he always did. It is an honor able and pleasant duty for the whole economics community to show hirn the respect, gratitude, and affection which he deserves. Thus, those' who have contributed to this festschrift may be thought of as a dele gation from a much larger community in which all of us are joined; the editors in particular feel deeply connected with and enriched by the personality and scientific work of Martin Beckmann....