Parametric Recoverability of Preferences

S-Tier
Journal: Journal of Political Economy
Year: 2018
Volume: 126
Issue: 4
Pages: 1558 - 1593

Score contribution per author:

2.681 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Revealed preference theory is brought to bear on the problem of recovering approximate parametric preferences from consistent and inconsistent consumer choices. We propose measures of the incompatibility between the revealed preference ranking implied by choices and the ranking induced by the considered parametric preferences. These incompatibility measures are proven to characterize well-known inconsistency indices. We advocate a recovery approach that is based on such incompatibility measures and demonstrate its applicability for misspecification measurement and model selection. Using an innovative experimental design, we empirically substantiate that the proposed revealed-preference-based method predicts choices significantly better than a standard distance-based method.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/697741
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25