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1、TheSuntoryandToyotaInternationalCentresforEconomicsandRelatedDisciplinesBehaviourandtheConceptofPreferenceAuthor(s):AmartyaSenSource:Economica,NewSeries,Vol.40,No.159(Aug.,1973),pp.241-259Publishedby:WileyonbehalfofTheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScienceandTheSuntoryandToyotaInternationalCe
2、ntresforEconomicsandRelatedDisciplinesStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2552796Accessed:15-08-201421:29UTCYouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceoftheTerms&ConditionsofUse,availableathttp://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jspJSTORisanot-for-profitservicethathelpsscholars,
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4、TheSuntoryandToyotaInternationalCentresforEconomicsandRelatedDisciplinesarecollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoEconomica.http://www.jstor.orgThiscontentdownloadedfrom220.178.4.217onFri,15Aug201421:29:08UTCAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditions1973]BehaviourandtheConceptofPre
5、ference'ByAMARTYASENIThirty-fiveyearshavepassedsincePaulSamuelsonpublishedinthehousejournaloftheLondonSchoolofEconomicshispioneeringcontributiontothetheoryof"revealedpreference".2Thetermwasperhapsnotaltogetherafortunateone.Revelationconveyssomethingratherdramatic,andthebiblicalassociationinducedt
6、helateSirDennisRobertsontowonderwhether"tosomelatter-daysaint,insomenewPatmosoffthecoastofMassachusetts,thefinalsolutiontoallthesemysterieshadbeenrevealedinanewapocalypse".3Whiletheappropriatenessoftheterminologymaybedebatable,theapproachofrevealedpreferencehasgraduallytakenholdofchoicetheoryinge
7、neralandofdemandtheoryinparticular.Myintentioninthislectureistoexaminethephilosophybehindtheapproachofrevealedpreferenceandtoraisesomequeriesaboutitsuse,andthentogoontodiscusstheimplicationsoftheseissuesfornorma-tiveec
