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Econometrica Vol. 47 No. 6 1979

Synopses in the Theory of Choice

Murat R. Sertel; Alexander Van der Bellen

Abstract

[Defining a choice as a function which picks a subset of every set of alternatives, we consider a list of over thirty conditions (expressed as functional inequalities) which a choice may satisfy, demonstrating &-semilattices formed by certain sublists, thus summarily presenting as "synopses" all the implications obtaining between logical conjunctions formed within these sublists. The list studied includes many well known conditions, such as Plott's [13] path independence, for which we offer over a dozen new characterizations of various types.]

DOI
10.2307/1914006
Volume
47
Issue
6
Pages
1367
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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