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On Testing For Revealed Preference Conditions

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A procedure to test for the significance of violations of revealed preference conditions is described. The procedure is simple and hence may especially be appropriate for large data sets. An application to consumption data is presented.

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  • Tsur, Yacov, 1989. "On Testing For Revealed Preference Conditions," Staff Papers 14264, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:umaesp:14264
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.14264
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    1. Varian, Hal R, 1982. "The Nonparametric Approach to Demand Analysis," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 50(4), pages 945-973, July.
    2. Varian, Hal R., 1985. "Non-parametric analysis of optimizing behavior with measurement error," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 30(1-2), pages 445-458.
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