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Rationalizability of Choice Functions: Domain Conditions

Debabrata Pal

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In the literature related to choice theory an important problem which has been dealt with at length is the rationalizability of the choice function of an individual. In the literature a number of choice consistency conditions have been postulated which are proven to be necessary and sufficient for a choice function to have an ordering rationalization. In this paper a necessary and sufficient condition has been derived for the domain to be such that every possible choice function defined over the domain has an ordering rationalization.

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In the literature related to choice theory an important problem which has been dealt with at length is the rationalizability of the choice function of an individual. In the literature a number of choice consistency conditions have been postulated which are proven to be necessary and sufficient for a choice function to have an ordering rationalization. In this paper a necessary and sufficient condition has been derived for the domain to be such that every possible choice function defined over the domain has an ordering rationalization.

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In the literature related to choice theory an important problem which has been dealt with at length is the rationalizability of the choice function of an individual. In the literature a number of choice consistency conditions have been postulated which are proven to be necessary and sufficient for a choice function to have an ordering rationalization. In this paper a necessary and sufficient condition has been derived for the domain to be such that every possible choice function defined over the domain has an ordering rationalization.

Key concepts: Rationalizability, Rationalization (economics), Choice function, Mathematical economics, Function (biology), Domain (mathematical analysis), Consistency (knowledge bases), Mathematics

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