The non-existence of a utility function and the structure of non-representable preference relations

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-38

  Beardon, Alan F ^a   Candeal, Juan C ^b   Herden, Gerhard ^c   Induráin, Esteban ^d   Mehta, Ghanshyam B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non representable preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036204540     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4068(02)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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