The Rational Foundations of Economic Behaviour

The International Economic Association - Acknowledgements - List of Contributors - Abbreviations - Preface; K.J.Arrow - Introduction; E.Colombatto & M.Perlman - PART 1: RATIONAL CHOICE AND LOGICAL PROBLEMS - Decision Kinematics; R.C.Jeffrey - Comment; C.Schmidt - Consequentialism, Structural Rationality and Game Theory; P.J.Hammond - Comment; B.Munier - Paradoxes of Rationality in Decision-making Theory; C.Schmidt - Comment; F.Donzelli - Rejoinder; C.Schmidt - Rationality and Comprehension; A.Margalit & M.Yaari - Comment; A.Sen - Rejoinder; R.J.Aumann - PART 2: RATIONALITY IN GAME THEORY - Rationalizing Backward Induction; K.Binmore & L.Samuelson - Comment; B.Walliser - Rejoinder; R.J.Aumann - The Decision-Theoretic Foundations of Game Theory; M.Mariotti - Comment; P.Battigalli - Nash Equilibrium and Evolution by Imitation; J.Bjornerstedt & J.Weibull - Comment; P.L.Sacco - PART 3: RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH - Rational Theory and Constructive Choice; A.Tversky - Comment; A.E.Roth - New Challenges to the Rationality Assumption; D.Kahneman - Comment; C.R.Plott - Rational Individual Behaviour in Markets and Social Choice Processes; C.R.Plott - Comment; D.Kahneman -Adaptive Behaviour and Strategic Rationality: Evidence from the Laboratory and the Field; A.E.Roth - Comment; J-L.Rulliere - PART 4: ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS OF RATIONALITY IN DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS - The Rationality of Adaptive Agents; J.H.Holland - Comment; F.Hahn - Routines, Hierarchies of Problems, Procedural Behaviour: Some Evidence from Experiments; M.Egidi - Comment; H.Sabourian - Rational Preferences and Rational Beliefs; M.Kurz - Comment; K.J.Arrow - Postface; C.Schmidt - Index of Names - Subject Index