An alternative proof of Fishburn’s axiomatization of lexicographic preferences

Manipushpak Mitra and Debapriya Sen

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 124, issue 2, 168-170

Abstract: We present an alternative proof of Fishburn’s (1975) axiomatization of lexicographic preferences. The essence of our proof lies in identifying “an extremely pivotal factor”. Our proof reconfirms the strong interconnections between Arrow’s and Gibbard–Satterthwaite’s theorems with Fishburn’s axiomatization.

Keywords: Axiomatization; Lexicographic preference; Extremely pivotal factor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 D11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.05.011

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