If preferences are rational and continuous, then strict convexity implies that the demand correspondence is single-valued (e.g. Barten and Böhm, 1982, lemma 7.3). We show that if, in addition, preferences are strictly monotone then the converse is also true, namely single-valuedness of the demand correspondence implies strict convexity of preferences.

Single-Valuedness of the Demand Correspondence and Strict Convexity of Preferences: An Equivalence Result / Ennio Bilancini; Leonardo Boncinelli. - In: ECONOMICS LETTERS. - ISSN 0165-1765. - STAMPA. - 108:(2010), pp. 299-302. [10.1016/j.econlet.2010.05.025]

Single-Valuedness of the Demand Correspondence and Strict Convexity of Preferences: An Equivalence Result

BONCINELLI, LEONARDO
2010

Abstract

If preferences are rational and continuous, then strict convexity implies that the demand correspondence is single-valued (e.g. Barten and Böhm, 1982, lemma 7.3). We show that if, in addition, preferences are strictly monotone then the converse is also true, namely single-valuedness of the demand correspondence implies strict convexity of preferences.
2010
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302
Ennio Bilancini; Leonardo Boncinelli
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