Revealed Preference Theory
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Part of Econometric Society Monographs
- Authors:
- Christopher P. Chambers, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego
- Federico Echenique, Division of the Humanities and Social Science, California Institute of Technology
- Date Published: April 2016
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107087804
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Pioneered by American economist Paul Samuelson, revealed preference theory is based on the idea that the preferences of consumers are revealed in their purchasing behavior. Researchers in this field have developed complex and sophisticated mathematical models to capture the preferences that are 'revealed' through consumer choice behavior. This study of consumer demand and behavior is closely tied up with econometrics (especially nonparametric econometrics), where testing the validity of different theoretical models is an important aspect of research. The theory of revealed preference has a very long and distinguished tradition in economics, but there was no systematic presentation of the theory until now. This book deals with basic questions in economic theory, such as the relation between theory and data, and studies the situations in which empirical observations are consistent or inconsistent with some of the best known theories in economics.
Read more- The first unified exposition of one of the oldest methodological traditions in economics
- Covers an array of topics, from revealed preferences in models of individual choice, to markets and game theoretic models
- Studies situations in which empirical observations are consistent or inconsistent with some of the best known theories in economics
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'The book is an extremely important contribution to the literature, and unlike most other texts which summarize the research in areas of mathematical economics, there is a serious effort to make the reader aware that contemporary RPT is a tool for applied economists that competes with the ever-expanding set of empirical tools now available.' D. Wade Hands, Oeconomia
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- Date Published: April 2016
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107087804
- length: 224 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 155 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.46kg
- contains: 33 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Mathematical preliminaries
2. Classical abstract choice theory
3. Rational demand
4. Topics in rational demand
5. Practical issues in revealed preference analysis
6. Production
7. Stochastic choice
8. Choice under uncertainty
9. General equilibrium theory
10. Game theory
11. Social choice and political science
12. Revealed preference and systems of polynomial inequalities
13. Revealed preference and model theory.
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