Path Independence, Rationality, and Social Choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23330675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles R Plott (0000-0001-8363-3628, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1075 |
| Publication date | 1973-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Econometrica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-9682 • E-ISSN: 1468-0262 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1914037 |
| OpenAlex | W2081394935 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 62 |
| References cited | 7 |
The paper provides several axiomatizations of the concept of "path independence" as \napplied to choice functions defined over finite sets. The axioms are discussed in terms of \ntheir relationship to "rationality" postulates and their meaning with respect to social \nchoice models.
Economics · Independence (probability theory) · Mathematical economics · Microeconomics · Path (computing) · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Rationality · Social choice theory · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Economic theories and models · Game Theory and Voting Systems · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Non-deteriorating Choice Without Full Transitivity
Single-plateaued choice
Set and revealed preference axioms for multi-valued choice
Ethics, social choice theory and the theory of economic policy
Liberty, Unanimity and Rights
Remarks on the Theory of Collective Choice
Dynamic Restrictions on Metastatic Choice
Best Fit Social Choices
Revealed Preference Axioms for Rational Choice
Formal political theory
Multilevel multidimensional consistent aggregators
Should rational socioeconomic agents attempt to exert ‘control’ over the evolution of their preference or behavioral parameters
Acyclic population ethics and menu-dependent relations
Choice resolutions
Characterization of a k-th best element rationalizable choice function with full domain
On the existence of stable matchings with contracts
Escaping Arrow’s theorem
Quasi-transitive and Suzumura consistent rationalizing relations
What the Demands of Sustainability Can(not) Be
Mathematics of Plott choice functions
The duality between the anti-exchange closure operators and the path independent choice operators on a finite set
Closure systems, implicational systems, overhanging relations and the case of hierarchical classification
A characterization of the uniform rule based on new robustness properties
House allocation when availability of houses may change unexpectedly
A new characterization of the path independent choice functions
Rationing problems with ex-ante conditions
Intransitive indifference and rationalizability of choice functions on general domains
Characterizing fidelity for reflexive choices
Criteria for judging the rationality of decisions in the presence of vague alternatives
Interval choice
Symmetric social choices and collective rationality
Quasitransitive rationalization and the superset property
Choice, hull, continuity and fidelity
An axiomatic characterization of Bayes' Rule
Choice between opportunity sets
Voting operators in the space of choice functions
The problem of choice decomposition
Veto theorems with expansion consistency conditions and without the weak Pareto principle
Choice functions and abstract convex geometries
Locally complete path independent choice functions and their lattices
Explorations in aggregating choices
Path independence in serial—parallel data processing
Functional voting operators
Conditions on social choice functions
Weak rationalizability and Arrovian impossibility theorems for responsive social choice
Routes and paths of comparison and choice
Further results on path independence, quasitransitivity, and social choice
Does Optimization Imply Rationality
Models of individual preference and choice
Constructivism, representation, and stability
Rationality As Conformity
Deep Uncertainty and Incommensurability
On Measuring Deprivation and the Standard of Living in a Multidimensional Framework on the Basis of Aggregate Data
Non‐Deteriorating Choice
Rationality and External Reference
Realities of Formalization
Allocating Airport Slots
Electoral strategy in geographic space
L'optimisation est-elle un critère de rationalité individuelle
A Model of Path-Dependence in Decisions over Multiple Propositions
Pluralism and Social Choice
Extending the Intersection Approach
| Unique citing works | 62 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,15 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2026 (55) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 53 |