Arbeitspapier

Stochastic Complementarity

The Hicksian definition of complementarity and substitutability may not apply in contexts in which agents are not utility maximisers or where price or income variations, whether implicit or explicit, are not available. We look for tools to identify complementarity and substitutability satisfying the following criteria: they are behavioural (based only on observable choice data); model-free (valid whether the agent is rational or not); and they do not rely on price or income variation. We uncover a conflict between properties that it is arguably reasonable for a complementarity notion to possess. We discuss three different possible resolutions of the conflict.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11296

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
complements and substitutes
correlation
stochastic choice

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Manzini, Paola
Mariotti, Marco
Ülkü, Levent
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2018

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Manzini, Paola
  • Mariotti, Marco
  • Ülkü, Levent
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2018

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