Universal interactive preferences

Jayant Ganguli, Aviad Heifetz and Byung Soo Lee

Journal of Economic Theory, 2016, vol. 162, issue C, 237-260

Abstract: We prove that a universal preference type space exists under more general conditions than those postulated by Epstein and Wang (1996). To wit, it suffices that preferences can be encoded monotonically in rich enough ways by collections of continuous, monotone real-valued functionals over acts, which determine—even in discontinuous fashion—the preferences over limit acts. The proof relies on a generalization of the method developed by Heifetz and Samet (1998a).

Keywords: Universal type space; Preference type space; Functional monotone class theorem; Epistemic game theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 D80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2015.12.012

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