War and Expected-Utility Theory
In: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, Band 36, Heft 3, S. 407
ISSN: 0043-8871
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In: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, Band 36, Heft 3, S. 407
ISSN: 0043-8871
In: Diskussionsbeiträge aus dem Institut für Finanzwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 49
In: Routledge studies in the history of economics 158
In: Handbook of utility theory Vol. 1
In: American political science review, Band 74, Heft 4
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 29, Heft 3, S. 473
ISSN: 0022-0027, 0731-4086
In: Social science quarterly, Band 56, Heft 1, S. 21-36
ISSN: 0038-4941
FOLLOWING A DETAILED INTRODUCTION BY THE TRANSLATOR, A PRESENTATION OF MAX WEBER'S TREATISE IS GIVEN. ECONOMIC THEORY, WITH EMPHASIS ON MARGINAL UTILITY ANALYSIS, IS NOT DEPENDENT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL THEOREMS, PRINCIPLES, OR CONCEPTS. RATHER, IT IS VIEWED AS AN ENTERPRISE DEDICATED TO WORKING OUT CONSEQUENCES OF THE ASSUMPTIONS OF ECONOMIC RATIONALITY IN ANALYTICAL TERMS, NOT IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ONES. THE CONCEPT 'OPTIMUM', CANNOT BE REGARDED AS SPECIFICALLY PSYCHOLOGICAL, PSYCHOPHYSICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, OR BIOLOGICAL. RATHER, IT IS PARTNER TO VARIOUS PROBLEMS WHICH DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER IN SIGNIFICANT WAYS. WHEN VIEWED IN THIS MANNER, IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS CONCEPT DOES NOT MARK OUT MARGINAL UTILITY THEORY. SOME HAVE USED IT AS A SPECIAL CASE TO ILLUSTRATE THE WEBER-FECHNER LAW. AS THE WEBER-FECHNER LAW PROVIDES THE THEORETICAL BASIS FOR MARGINAL UTILITY THEORY, IT CANNOT BE SEEN AS INCLUSIVE OF THE CONCEPT OF OPTIMUM. 'OPTIMUM' HAS CERTAIN ASPECTS IN COMMON WITH THE PHYSIOLOGICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH & MAY HAVE PEDAGOGICAL VALUE BUT CANNOT BE RESTRICTED TO THE WEBER-FECHNER LAW. B. WEISBROD.
In: International studies quarterly: the journal of the International Studies Association, Band 44, Heft 3, S. 451-480
ISSN: 0020-8833, 1079-1760