Microeconomic Theory 
        Microeconomic Theory 
        edited by 
        Larry Samuelson 
        The Pennsylvania Slate University 
        Kluwe 
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                                                                                          Main entry under title: 
                                                                                          Microec;;onomic theory. 
                                                                                               (Recent economic thought) 
                                                                                                Includes inde_. 
                                                                                                l.   MiU04!conomic;;s---Addresses, essays,  IK tores. 
                                                                                          I.   Samuelson, Larry. 19S3-                                                               II.    Series 
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               Contents 
               Contributing Authors                                                                vii 
               Preface                                                                              ix 
               Acknowledgments                                                                     xv 
               Introduction: An  Affirmative View of Microeconomic Theory 
               larry  Samuelson 
               Alternatives to Expected Utility Theory for Risky Decisions                         31 
               Peter C.  Fishburn 
               Consumer learning and Optimal Pricing Slrategies for Products 01 
               Unknown Quality                                                                     53 
               Patricia A.  Coering 
               4 
               Rationality and Social Choice                                                       79 
               Douglas H. Blair and Robert A.  Pollak 
               Resolution of Paradoxes in  Social Choice                                           99 
               Taradas Bandyopadhyay 
               6 
               The Demand Reve.ling Mechanism                                                     121 
               Rafael Rob 
               7 
               The Design of Efficient Resource Allocation Mechanisms                             139 
               Parkash Chander 
               8 
               The Theory of Oargaining                                                           159 
               Kalyan Chatterjee 
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