in legislatures. The chapters of this book contribute to the theory of voting with incomplete information, to the … literature on Downsian and probabilistic voting models of elections, to the theory of social choice in distributive environments …, and to the theory of optimal dynamic decision-making. The essays employ a spectrum of research methods, from game …

theory and welfare economics. The first volume consists of four parts. In Part 1 (Arrovian Impossibility Theorems), various …-sharing mechanisms are examined axiomatically, and some aspects of the modern theory of incentives and mechanism design are expounded and … status of utilitarianism as a theory of justice is critically examined. It also provides an analytical survey of the …