Judgment aggregation theory, or rather, as we conceive of it here, logical aggregation theory generalizes social choice theory by having the aggregation rule bear on judgments of all kinds instead of merely preference judgments. It derives from Kornhauser and Sager’s doctrinal paradox and...

The issue of the stability and change of legal rules occupies a central place in the discussions of alternative ways of organizing justice and the provision of legal rules. There nonetheless remains a theoretical aspect that has never been raised in the literature on judicial decision making and...

We study the provision of public goods. Different public goods can be bundled provided there is enough capacity, i.e. resources to pay for all the public goods in the bundle. The analysis focuses on the all-or-nothing-mechanism: Expand provision as much as resource feasible if no one vetoes -...

Problem: Policymakers must decide on interventions to control the pandemic. These decisions are driven by weighing the risks and benefits of various non-pharmaceutical intervention alternatives. Due to the nature of the pandemic, these decisions are not based on sufficient evidence regarding the...

En este artículo se analiza el rol de los incentivos, de la racionalidad y de las elecciones y el cono-cimiento de los agentes en la formación de redes sociales y, en particular, en la emergencia de mundos pequeños. Proponiendo una definición de los mundos pequeños basada en los análisis...

Uno de los objetivos fundamentales de Sociedad y Economía es publicar los resultados de investigaciones realizadas con base en la interacción entre los estudios sociales y la economía. El tema central de este número intenta avanzar en esa dirección, presentando un conjunto de contribuciones...

El objetivo central de este artículo es explicar la relevancia de la comunicación indirecta en teoría de la estrategia y negociación de conflictos. Con base en Thomas Schelling se ilustran casos específicos de comunicación indirecta: el soborno y la amenaza. Se demuestra que tanto el...

Children are seldom accounted for in household behavioural models. They are usually assumed to have neither the capacity nor the power to influence the household decision process. The literature on collective models has so far incorporated children through the "caring preferences" of their...

The German Basic Law is open for an interpretation that would allow the constitutional court to test the normative adequacy of most statutes. If the court does, it could be modelled as the supervisor of the legislator, i.e., of the agent of the people. The model predicts collusion between the...