Incorporating social theory into demography and family research

Examining Family Stress: Theory and Research

Incorporating Reality into Social Choice

When voting on a proposal one in fact chooses between two alternatives: (i) A new hypothetical social state depicted by the proposal and (ii) the status quo (henceforth: Reality); a Yes vote favors a transition to the proposed hypothetical state, while a No vote favors Reality. Social Choice theory generalizes voting on one proposal to ranking multiple proposals; that Reality was forsaken durin...

Incorporating Unawareness into Contract Theory∗

Asymmetric awareness of the contracting parties regarding the uncertainty surrounding them is proposed as a reason for incompleteness in contractual forms. An insurance problem is studied between a risk neutral insurer, who has superior awareness regarding the nature of the uncertainty, and a risk averse insuree, who cannot foresee all the relevant contingencies. The insurer can mention in a co...

Incorporating Fairness into Game Theory and Economics

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Incorporating psychiatric pharmacogenetics into family practice.

Given that the bulk of medication treatment occurs in primary care, pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing within family practice is likely to be an important step for the advancement of personalized medicine. In terms of psychiatric medications, 75–80% of prescriptions are written by primary care providers. Our research study delivers and evaluates PGx testing for psycho tropic drugs (antidepressants a...