• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Foundations of Spatial Preferences
  • Contributor: Eguia, Jon X. [Author]
  • Published: [S.l.]: SSRN, 2012
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (20 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1204762
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  • Footnote: In: Journal of Mathematical Economics
    Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 3, 2010 erstellt
  • Description: I provide an axiomatic foundation for the assumption of specific utility functions in a multidimensional spatial model, endogenizing the spatial representation of the set of alternatives. Given a set of objects with multiple attributes, I find simple necessary and sufficient conditions on preferences such that there exists a mapping of the set of objects into a Euclidean space where the utility function of the agent is linear city block, quadratic Euclidean, or more generally, it is the δ power of one of Minkowski’s metric functions. In a society with multiple agents I characterize the set of preferences that are representable by weighted linear city block utility functions, and I discuss how the result extends to other Minkowski utility functions
  • Access State: Open Access