Arrow Impossibility Theorem (eBook)

Eric Maskin is the Adams University Professor at Harvard University. He received the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (with L. Hurwicz and R. Myerson) for laying the foundations of mechanism design theory. He has also contributed to game theory, contract theory, social choice theory, political economy, and other areas of economics.Amartya Sen is the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and in 1999 he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. He is also a senior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows; distinguished fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Prasanta K. PattanaikPart 1: The Lectures Opening Remarks, by Joseph E. StiglitzArrow and the Impossibility Theorem, by Amartya SenThe Arrow Impossibility Theorem: Where Do We Go From Here?, by Eric MaskinCommentary, by Kenneth J. ArrowPart II: Supplemental Materials The Informational Basis of Social Choice, by Amartya SenOn The Robustness of Majority Rule, by Partha Dasgupta and Eric MaskinThe Origins of the Impossibility Theorem, by Kenneth J. ArrowNotes on Contributors