Economics Today: The Macro View, Student Value Edition (19th Edition)
Economics Today: The Macro View, Student Value Edition (19th Edition)
19th Edition
ISBN: 9780134478883
Author: Miller, Roger LeRoy
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 19P
To determine

Concept introduction:

Rationality- The rationality assumption holds that individuals are rational if they do not make decisions that make them worse off. Individuals will always prefer those decisions that maximize their personal welfare.

Transitivity- Under rationality, it is believed that the preferences of individuals are transitive in nature. This means that if individual prefers A over B and B over C, the he will also prefer A over C.

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