The Congruence Axiom and path independence
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Bandyopadhyay, T; Sengupta, K
署名单位：
University of California System; University of California Riverside; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0022-0531
DOI：
10.1006/jeth.1999.2520
发表日期：
1999
页码：
254-266
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摘要：
This paper examines the connection between path independence and transitive rationalization of a choice function in a general domain where a choice function may nor include all possible non-empty subsets of the universal set. Describing a sequential choice procedure, this paper show's that the requirement of path independence of a choice function is equivalent to Richter's Congruence Axiom and thus to its transitive rationalization. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Number: D11. (C) 1999 Academic Press.