Rational Choice and Revealing Preference.

The article discusses rational choice and revealing preference. A condition for rational choice has been put forward in terms of the R-greatestness interpretation of optimality. In this article, a condition for rational choice in its R-maximality interpretation will be presented. The condition in qu...

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Publicado en:Review of Economic Studies Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 149 - 159
Autor principal: Suzumura, Kotaro
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Feb76
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        Rational choice theory
        Consumer preferences
        Social choice
        Reason
        Theory
        Demand function
        Mathematical models of economics
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          Social choice
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