Search Results - subject:"axiomatic method"

Volij, Oscar; Frankel, David - Econometric Society - 2004

We define a segregation ordering as a ranking of cities from most segregated to least segregated. \ We propose a set of basic properties that any reasonable segregation ordering should have. \ We then fully characterize the class of segregation orderings that satisfy these basic properties. \ We...

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The Measurement of Intellectual Influence: the Views of a Sceptic

Serrano, Roberto - School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study - 2004

In an extremely interesting paper, Palacios-Huerta and Volij (2004) [PV] introduce the axiomatic method to the problem …

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On the Axiomatic Characterization of "Who is a J?"

Dimitrov, D.A.; Sung, S.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

Recent work by Kasher and Rubinstein (1997) considers the problem of group identification from a social choice perspective.These authors provide an axiomatic characterization of a liberal aggregator whereby the group consist of those and only those individuals each of which views oneself a...

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Measuring School Segregation

Frankel, David M.; Volij, Oscar - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2011

Using only ordinal axioms, we characterize several multi-group school segregation indices: the Atkinson Indices for the class of school districts with a given fixed number of ethnic groups and the Mutual Information Index for the class of all districts. Properties of other school segregation...

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Axiomatic Choice Theory Traveling between Mathematical Formalism, Normative Choice Rules, and Psychological Measurement, 1944-1956

Herfeld, Catherine - Center for the History of Political Economy

The following analysis is meant to contribute to a history of rational choice theory. More specifically, I provide a multi-layered account of rational choice theory in terms of its biography as a scientific object. I argue that its axiomatic version, choice theory traveled between different...

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Toward a Formal Science of Economics

Stigum, Bernt P. - The MIT Press

foundation for the axiomatic method, focusing on applications in economics and econometrics, and including discussions in logic … while illustrating an aspect of the axiomatic method. Stigum describes an introductory course in mathematical logic …, developing a symbolic language for mathematics and discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the axiomatic method. He presents …

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