Artikel

A model of choice from lists

The standard economic choice model assumes that the decision maker chooses from sets of alternatives. In contrast, we analyze a choice model in which the decision maker encounters the alternatives in the form of a list. We present two axioms similar in nature to the classical axioms of choice from sets. We show that they characterize all the choice functions from lists that involve the choice of either the first or the last optimal alternative in the list according to some preference relation. We then relate choice functions from lists to the classical notions of choice correspondences and random choice functions.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Theoretical Economics ; ISSN: 1555-7561 ; Volume: 1 ; Year: 2006 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 3-17 ; New York, NY: The Econometric Society

Classification
Wirtschaft
Microeconomics: General
Subject
Choice from lists
rational choice
partition independence
weak axiom of revealed preference
satisficing

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Rubinstein, Ariel
Salant, Yuval
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
The Econometric Society
(where)
New York, NY
(when)
2006

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  • Rubinstein, Ariel
  • Salant, Yuval
  • The Econometric Society

Time of origin

  • 2006

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