Essays on Preference Extensions

dc.contributor.advisor	Martinelli, CesarCastillo, Marco
dc.contributor.author	Freer, Mikhail
dc.creator	Freer, Mikhail
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-21T19:17:22Z
dc.date.available	2018-10-21T19:17:22Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1920/11163
dc.description.abstract	Individual preferences are only partially observable. We only observe choices for those opportunities that are available. However, the design and evaluation of policy many times requires the ability to extrapolate these preferences to new environments. In this dissertation I discuss the issue of extending preference relations from observed behavior in several contexts. The dissertation is organized into three chapters.
dc.format.extent	105 pages
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	Copyright 2017 Mikhail Freer
dc.subject	Economics	en_US
dc.subject	extensions	en_US
dc.subject	Pareto efficiency	en_US
dc.subject	quasi-linear preferences	en_US
dc.subject	rationalizability	en_US
dc.subject	revealed preferences	en_US
dc.title	Essays on Preference Extensions
dc.type	Dissertation
thesis.degree.level	Ph.D.
thesis.degree.discipline	Economics
thesis.degree.grantor	George Mason University