Choice Functions and Revealed Preference

摘要: (1) Much of revealed preference theory has been concerned with choices restricted to certain distinguished subsets alternatives, in particular a class convex polyhedra (e.g., " budget triangles the two commodity case). This restriction may have some rationale for analyzing preferences competitive consumers, but it makes results unusable other types choices, e.g., government bureaucracies, voters, consumers an imperfect market. If is removed, axiomatic structure changes radically. studied Sections 2-5. In Section 6 restricting domain choice functions and that rationality conditions critically examined.