Microeconomic Theory
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Microeconomic Theory
edited by Larry Samuelson
The Pennsylvania Slate University
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Microec;;onomic theory. (Recent economic thought) Includes inde_. l. MiU04!conomic;;s---Addresses, essays, IK tores. I. Samuelson, Larry. 19S3II. Series
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Contents
Contributing Authors Preface Acknowledgments
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Introduction: An Affirmative View of Microeconomic Theory
larry Samuelson Alternatives to Expected Utility Theory for Risky Decisions Peter C. Fishburn
Consumer learning and Optimal Pricing Slrategies for Products 01 Unknown Quality Patricia A. Coering
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Rationality and Social Choice
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Douglas H . Blair and Robert A. Poll ak
Resolution of Paradoxes in Social Choice
99
Taradas Bandyopadhyay
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The Demand Reve.ling Mechanism
121
Rafael Rob 7 The Design of Efficient Resource Allocation Mechanisms
139
Parkash Chander
8 The Theory of Oargaining
159
Kalyan Chatterjee
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CONTENTS
9 The Elements of Fi"price Microeconomics Joaquim Silvestre
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10 Possibility Theorems, Incentives, and Progress in Economic Theory Barry W . Ickes
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Institutions as a Solution Concept in a Game Theory Conte,,' Philip Mirowski
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12 The State of Microeconomics; An Historical Perspective Klaus H. Hennings
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Index
273
Contributing Authors
Taradas Bandyopadhyay Department of Economics
University of Hull Hull, England HU6 7RX and The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802
Douglas H. Blair Department of Economics
Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Parkash Chander Indian Statistical Institute
Delhi Center 7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg. Delhi, India 110016
Kalyan Chatterjee
Division of Management Science
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Peter C. Fishburn AT&T Bell laboratories Murray Hill, NJ 07974
A. Goering Department of Economics
P~tricia
University of Florida Gainesville, Fl 32611 Klaus Hennings lehrstuhl VWlF Universitat Hannover Wunstorfer Strasse 14 0-3000 Hannover 91
Federal Republic of Germany
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