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Whitney topology and spaces of preference relations

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  • Michael Zarichnyi

    (University of Rzeszow, Lviv National University)

  • Oleksandra Hubal

    (Lviv National University)

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The strong Whitney topology on the sets of maps of smooth manifolds induces a topology on the set of preferences in euclidean space. We prove that the obtained space is not connected which implies that there is no continuous social choice function defined on a finite power of this space. We also show that the obtained space is not normal.

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  • Michael Zarichnyi & Oleksandra Hubal, 2005. "Whitney topology and spaces of preference relations," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 3(4), pages 1-7.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-04c00003
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    • C0 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General
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