Preference through indifference: A topological approach

DOI10.1016/S0304-4068(97)00043-8MaRDI QIDQ1300429zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors V. Pereyra, J. C. R. Alcantud, Jose Manuel Gutierrez Diez

Publication date 14 May 2002

Published in Journal of Mathematical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4068(97)00043-8

zbMATH Keywords

consumer theorycontinuous preferenceindifferenceorder topologypartial ordertransitivity of indifference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Individual preferences (91B08) Utility theory (91B16) Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42)

Review text

The paper considers two problems of consumer theory: the transitivity of indifference and the determination of a continuous preference by its associated indifference. Both problems are analyzed topologically through the order topology defined by partial orders. Under conditions that are claimed to be weak, indifference classes are proved to determine the continuous preference inducing them. Conditions under which a given topology is the weakest making a preference continuous are provided.

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