Definable preferences: An example

Ariel Rubinstein

doi:10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00008-7

Definable preferences: An example

Ariel Rubinstein^*

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School of Economics

Princeton University

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Abstract

A preference relation is definable in a language if there is a formula in this language which is satisfied precisely for those pairs which satisfy the relation. The paper suggests that definability is a natural category of requirements of preferences in economic models. To demonstrate the analytical possibilities, the paper studies the set of definable preferences in one context using Craig Lemma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	553-560
Number of pages	8
Journal	European Economic Review
Volume	42
Issue number	3-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00008-7
State	Published - 1998

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Definability
Logics
Preferences

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