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A model of choice from lists

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    (Tel Aviv University and New York University)

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    (Stanford University)

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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.

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  • , & ,, 2006. "A model of choice from lists," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 1(1), pages 3-17, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:the:publsh:164
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    Keywords

    Choice from lists; rational choice; partition independence; weak axiom of revealed preference; satisficing;
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    • D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General

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