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A System for Tracking the Dynamics of Social Preference Behavior in Small Rodents
Published on: November 21, 2019
Revealed desirability: a novel instrument for social welfare
1Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel.
Abstract:
The note puts forward the idea of revealed desirability, a novel instrument, which like revealed preference is observable from choice and important for individual and social welfare. We provide the axiomatic underlying individual's choice model, preliminary experimental results that support the idea, and an appealing allocation rule that uses the revealed desirability information along with the revealed-preference information.
Supplementary Information:
The online version supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11238-021-09855-8.
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