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1、TheSuntoryandToyotaInternationalCentresforEconomicsandRelatedDisciplinesConsumptionTheoryinTermsofRevealedPreferenceAuthor(s):PaulA.SamuelsonSource:Economica,NewSeries,Vol.15,No.60(Nov.,1948),pp.243-253Publishedby:WileyonbehalfofTheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScienceandT
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5、15Aug201421:28:28UTCAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsI948]ConsumptionTheoryinTermsofRevealedPreferenceByPAULA.SAMUELSONI.INTRODUCTIONADECADEagoIsuggestedthattheeconomictheoryofconsumer'sbehaviourcanbelargelybuiltuponthenotionof"revealed.preference".Bycomparingthecostsofdif
6、ferentcombinationsofgoodsatdifferentrelativepricesituations,wecaninferwhetheragivenbatchofgoodsispreferredtoanotherbatch;theindividualguinea-pig,byhismarketbehaviour,revealshispreferencepattern-ifthereissuchaconsistentpattern.Recently,Mr.IanM.D.LittleofOxfordUniversityhasmadean
7、importantcontributiontothisfield.1Inadditiontoshowingthechangesinviewpointthatthistheorymayleadto,hehaspresentedaningeniousproofthatifenoughjudiciouslyselectedprice-quantitysituationsareavailablefortwogoods,wemaydefinealocuswhichisthepreciseequivalentoftheconventionalindifferen
8、cecurve.Ishouldlike,briefly,topresentanalternativedemo