The Recoverability of Consumers' Preferences from Market Demand Behavior

DOI10.2307/1912308zbMath0394.90003OpenAlexW2105628675MaRDI QIDQ4177256

Andreu Mas-Colell

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1912308

zbMATH Keywords

Consumer's PreferenceMarket Demand BehaviorRecoverability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group preferences (91B10) Individual preferences (91B08)

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