What kind of preference maximization does the weak axiom of revealed preference characterize?
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: What kind of preference maximization does the weak axiom of revealed preference characterize?
zbMATH Open document ID: 1152.91020
author: Marco Mariotti
published in: Economic Theory
publication date: 2008-05-26T00:00:00Z
review text: This paper investigates properties of preference relations revealed by choices. It introduces a notion of justification of choices and proves that a necessary and sufficient condition for a choice to be justified by an asymmetric relation is to satisfy the weak axiom of revealed preference.
reviewed by: Annibal Parracho Sant'Anna
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91B16
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91B42
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91B08
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91B06
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91A10
zbMATH DE Number: 5278991
zbMATH Keywords: revealed preference
zbMATH Keywords: binary relation
zbMATH Keywords: utility
zbMATH Keywords: stable set
zbMATH Keywords: congruence
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s00199-007-0240-9
OpenAlex ID: W1966372093
Wikidata QID: Q114018286
cites work: Nontransitive-nontotal consumer theory
cites work: Revealed Preference Theory
cites work: Q4403954
cites work: Choice Functions and Revealed Preference
DOI: 10.1007/S00199-007-0240-9
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5278991