Papers by Constanze Binder
We discuss how information about choice-relevant differences between alternatives can be revealed... more We discuss how information about choice-relevant differences between alternatives can be revealed from preference information. We provide axiomatic characterisations of two classes of Similarity Revelation Rules: one that allows for different similarity thresholds for different pairs of alternatives, and one in which the threshold is the same for all pairs of alternatives. A third result proves the necessary and sufficient condition for the characterised class of rules to yield a transitive similarity relation. The article concludes with a discussion of the limitations of the analysis and the relationship between transitivity (of preferences) and the choice-relevant similarities between options.
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The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics, 2021
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Agency, Freedom and Choice, 2019
In this chapter I turn to one specific interpretation of the framework considered so far: the cap... more In this chapter I turn to one specific interpretation of the framework considered so far: the capability approach. By drawing on the analysis conducted in this book I shall discuss the question whether the capability approach can account for cultural diversity. In a first step, I explore how cultural differences may affect the construction of capability sets. In a second step, I turn to their ranking, and draw on discussions about the value of alternatives in freedom rankings in order to explore how different ways to identify valuable functionings can affect the extent to which capability rankings can account for differences in the conception of well-being across different cultures. In a last step, I draw on Sen’s contributions in rational choice theory in order to illustrate how certain norms can render the value of functionings dependent on the capability set of which they form a part. I illustrate that existing contributions fail to account for such cases of context-dependency, a...
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The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics, 2019
This chapter introduces the capability approach and discusses its role in economic ethics. More s... more This chapter introduces the capability approach and discusses its role in economic ethics. More specifically, we discuss the concept of well-being and freedom underlying the general capabilitarian framework and argue that a number of characterizing features of the capability approach, such as its focus on ends instead of means or the conception of freedom employed in it, makes it particularly well suited for the evaluation of institutions and economic systems in economic ethics. The article concludes by pointing to a number of limits and constraints of the capabilitarian framework in economic ethics.
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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2016
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The Journal of Value Inquiry, 2017
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Studies in Choice and Welfare, 2015
Part I: Individual Choice and Rationality.- Part II: Collective Choice and Collective Rationality... more Part I: Individual Choice and Rationality.- Part II: Collective Choice and Collective Rationality.- Part III: Social Welfare and Equilibrium.- Part IV: An Interview with Nick Baigent.
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Der vorliegende Bericht wurde von der Forschungsgruppe Transport Economics and Land Use (TransLan... more Der vorliegende Bericht wurde von der Forschungsgruppe Transport Economics and Land Use (TransLand) des Wegener Zentrums gemeinsam mit der Technischen Universität Graz erarbeitet. ... Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), Namensgeber des Wegener Zentrums und ...
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Theory and Decision Library A:, 2019
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Agency, Freedom and Choice, 2019
In this chapter I argue for the importance of freedom’s agency value and the need to adopt a refi... more In this chapter I argue for the importance of freedom’s agency value and the need to adopt a refined value-based approach to freedom in order to capture it. I focus on the debate between proponents of a value-neutral approach to overall freedom (Carter, A Measure of Freedom, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999; van Hees, Legal Reductionsim and Freedom, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2000), and scholars who defend value-based approaches to overall freedom (Sen, J Econ 50:15–29, 1991; Oxf Econ Pap 45:519–541, 1993). In this debate value-neutral approaches are commonly motivated by a rejection of value-based approaches. I show that the most prominent arguments that reject a value-based approach to overall freedom in favour of a value-neutral one are implicitly or explicitly based on the importance of freedom’s agency value. More specifically, I examine three prominent arguments raised against value-based approaches: the problem of preference dependency in subjective value-based approaches, the i...
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We discuss how information about choice-relevant differences between alternatives can be revealed... more We discuss how information about choice-relevant differences between alternatives can be revealed from preference information. We provide axiomatic characterisations of two classes of Similarity Revelation Rules: one that allows for different similarity thresholds for different pairs of alternatives, and one in which the threshold is the same for all pairs of alternatives. A third result proves the necessary and sufficient condition for the characterised class of rules to yield a transitive similarity relation. The article concludes with a discussion of the limitations of the analysis and the relationship between transitivity (of preferences) and the choice-relevant similarities between options.
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Oxford Development Studies, 2016
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Journal of Economic Methodology, 2015
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Studies in Choice and Welfare, 2015
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Extreme Wetterereignisse und ihre wirtschaftlichen Folgen, 2005
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