Abstract

This paper gives a general characterization of satisficing, lexicographic agents, provides conditions for the existence of a competitive equilibrium and considers the viability and multiphase dynamic of an abstract adaptive society whose agents are governed by satisficing, lexicographic choice

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Richard H. Day

Dept. of Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0253, U.S.A.

rday@usc.edu

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R. H. Day. “Behavioral Economics, Competitive Equilibrium and Multiple Phase Dynamics in an Abstract, Adaptive Society: Remarks in Honor of Jean-Pierre Aubin.” Journal of Convex Analysis 13 (2006), No. 2, 269–279. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca13025

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