Internal Consistency of Choice
指出选择的内部一致性概念本质上是混乱的,判断选择函数是否一致必须参考外部因素(如目标、价值观),并据此重新审视标准结论,扩展了阿罗的一般可能性定理。
Internal consistency of choice has been a central concept in economics, decision theory, and social choice. This idea is essentially confused. We cannot determine whether a choice function is consistent without referring to something external to choice (e.g., objectives, values). The standard results have to be reexamined in this light. Kenneth J. Arrow's general possibility theorem is extended in this paper without demanding any internal consistency of social choice or any notion of 'social rationality.' Copyright 1993 by The Econometric Society.