Choice, Welfare, and Development A

Professor Amartya Sen has been a distinguished and influential scholar in development economics for over twenty years, and this edited volume seeks to reflect his interests, and the inspiration he has provided for others. The editors have succeeded in creating a coherent and stimulating set ofpapers from well-known contributors. The volume deals with the enduring themes of Amartya Sen's work, ranging through theoretical issues of development economics to the philosophical foundation of welfare systems, and ethics in society. Contributors: Kenneth Arrow, A. B. Atkinson, Pranab Bardhan, J. L. Coles, Rajat Deb, Jean Dreze, Louis Gevers, Peter Hammond, Ravi Kanbur, Eric Maskin, Robert Nozick, Siddiq Osmani, Martin Ravallion, Kevin Roberts, Robert Solow, S. Wibaut

Notes on Contributors	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Choice and Welfare	p. 5
A Note on Freedom and Flexibility	p. 7
Capabilities, Exclusion, and the Supply of Goods	p. 17
Walrasian Equilibrium Without Survival: Existence, Efficiency, and Remedial Policy	p. 32
Rationalizing Choice Probabilities Using the Random Utility Model: A Necessary and Sufficient Condition	p. 65
Private Information and the Shape of the Redistribution Frontier	p. 76
References	p. 99
Majority Rule, Social Welfare Functions, and Game Forms	p. 100
Symbolic Utility	p. 110
Valued Opinions or Opinionated Values: The Double Aggregation Problem	p. 141
Welfare and Development	p. 167
Rational Fools and Co-Operation in a Poor Hydraulic Economy	p. 169
Primary Education and Economic Development in China and India: Overview and Two Case Studies	p. 182
Children and Intra-Household Inequality: A Theoretical Analysis	p. 242
The Entitlement Approach to Famine: An Assessment	p. 253
Household Vulnerability to Aggregate Shocks: Differing Fortunes of the Poor in Bangladesh and Indonesia	p. 295
Mass Unemployment as a Social Problem	p. 313
Professor Amartya K. Sen Biographical Data	p. 323
Professor Amartya K. Sen Bibliographical Data	p. 325
Index of Names	p. 337
Index of Subjects	p. 339
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Choice, Welfare, and Development A Festschrift in Honour of Amartya K. Sen

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