Conditional choice with a vacuous second tier.

This paper studies a generalization of rational choice theory. I briefly review the motivations that Helzner gives for his conditional choice construction (). Then, I focus on the important class of conditional choice functions with vacuous second tiers. This class is interesting for both formal and...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 193; no. 1; pp. 219 - 244
Autor principal: Stewart, Rush
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2016
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        Uncertainty
        Value conflict
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