Advanced Microeconomic Theory: An Intuitive Approach with Examples
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Advanced Microeconomic Theory: An Intuitive Approach with Examples and the existence of utility functions.
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Preferences & Utility: The "Preference-Based" vs. "Choice-Based" approach to decision making. Covers axioms of rationality, indifference sets, and the existence of utility functions.