Rational Choice and Erratic Behaviour

DOI10.2307/2297158zbMath0463.90006OpenAlexW2053245347MaRDI QIDQ3914698

Richard H. Day, Jess Benhabib

Publication date: 1981

Published in: The Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2297158

zbMATH Keywords

chaotic dynamicsrational choicechaotic choices sequencesdiversity of choiceerratic behaviourset-valued choice functionsutility maximizing behavior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Individual preferences (91B08) Social choice (91B14)

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