Browsing College of Business, Public Policy and Law by Author "Gekker, Ruvin"
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Nonmonotonic Reasoning and the Foundations of Rational Choice
Gekker, Ruvin (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)The paper applies a technique developed in artificial intelligence to frame and analyze on the foundational level A. Sen's critique of internal consistency conditions in various choice situations. -
On the Axiomatic Approach to Freedom as Opportunity: A General Characterization Result
Gekker, Ruvin (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000)The aim of this paper is to provide a different, somewhat more general, approach to the axiomatic ranking of opportunity sets in terms of freedom of choice. The opportunity ranking is defined axiomatically relative to some ... -
On the Axiomatic Ranking of Opportunity Sets in a Logical framework
Gekker, Ruvin (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000)The paper presents an axiomatic analysis of opportunity ranking within a logical framework. It establishes that any opportunity or freedom ranking is completely determined by a subjacent logical chain that is interpreted ... -
On Uncertainty Aversion under Complete Ignorance: Some Further Observations on the Impossibility Results
Gekker, Ruvin (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)The paper claims that the Monotone Consistency condition utilized by Baigent in his proof of the impossibility theorem is too strong. We factorize this condition into two different weaker conditions and show that they are ... -
Waiving and Exercising Rights in the Theory of Social Situations
Gekker, Ruvin (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)The present paper analyses different formulations of individual rights within a traditional social choice-theoretic framework and a game form framework. It proposes a theory of social situations as a basis for some new ...