Axiomatics of Economic Design, Vol. 1

Professor Thomson obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University and taught at the University of Minnesota and Harvard University, and since 1983, at the University of Rochester (USA). He is the author of several books and over a hundred articles. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the Society for Economic Theory.

• ​I Preliminaries: Introduction.- Abstract Social Choiuce Problems and Concrete Resource Allocation Problems.- Describing an Allocation Problem: a Checklist.- II Axiom Types: Axiom Format.- Axiom Content: Delineating Broad Categories.- Axiom Content: Punctual Requirements on Welfare Distribution.- Axiom Content: Solidarity Underlying Relational Requirements on Welfare Redistribution.- Axiom Content: Robustness to Choices of Perspective in Evaluating Changes.- Axiom Content: Robustness to Strategizing.- III Working with Axioms: Parameterizing Axioms, Operators on Spaces of Rules.- Characterizations and Impossibilities.- Conducting Axiomatic Work: a User's Guide.- Complements to the Axiomatic Method in Economic Design.- Appendix: Problem Types.- Index.