Supermodularity and preferences

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1004-1014

  Chambers, Christopher P ^a   Echenique, Federico ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afriat's theorem; Complementarity; Refutability; Revealed preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049112278     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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