Ariel Rubinstein's well-known lecture notes on microeconomics—now fully revised and
expanded This book presents Ariel Rubinstein's lecture notes for the first part of his well …

Consider a set of elements which we want to rate using information about their bilateral
relationships. For instance sports teams and the outcomes of their games, journals and their …

Consider the problem of ranking social alternatives based on the number of voters that
prefer one alternative to the other. Or consider the problem of ranking chess players by their …

This short book contains my lecture notes for the first quarter of a microeconomics course for
PhD or Master's degree economics students. The lecture notes were developed over a …

The peer-to-peer technology offers many advantages, but at the same time, it poses many
novel challenges for the research community. Modern peer-to-peer systems are …

Using a social welfare function approach, this study theoretically demonstrates that charity
and selfless service contribute positively to the welfare of the society without reducing …

Roefie Hueting repeatedly argued that 'Society is sailing by the wrong compass, at the
expense of the environment'(Hueting, 1992, p. 255). Failing to incorporate appropriate …

When the members of a voting body exhibit single peaked pref $ erences, maTority winners
exist. Moreover, the median (s) of the pre $ ferred alternatives of voters is (are) indeed the …

Narra Plutarco, e la storia viene spesso citata, come una volta ad Atene, mentre si stava
svolgendo una votazione per un caso di ostracismo, un contadino analfabeta si avvicinò ad …

This short book contains my lecture notes for the first quarter of a microeconomics course for
PhD or Master's degree economics students. The lecture notes were developed over a …