On the consistency and the decisiveness of the double-minded decision-maker

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2019
Volume: 185
Issue: C

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Abstract

Under a continuity hypothesis on bi-preferences defined on a topologically-connected choice-set, as formalized by Giarlotta–Greco (2013), this letter reports that a mildly consistent, double-minded decision-maker is single-minded in the sense of being fully consistent and decisive. The results generalize recent work of Giarlotta–Watson (2019), and thereby provide a far-reaching generalization of a result of Schmeidler (1971) that has received considerable recent attention, and extend to mixture-sets of Herstein–Milnor (1953). They give another perspective on the authors’ work on the Eilenberg–Sonnenschein (ES) research program embracing both the topological and algebraic registers in choice theory.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:185:y:2019:i:c:s0165176519303283
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25