Talk:Revealed preference

message: The Weak Axiom of Revealed Preference (WARP) needs to be included. 70.111.248.60 02:41, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I dramatically edited (improved I hope) this section. Let me know if something needs modification. --Masalih (talk) 10:47, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: WARP

message: revealed preferred only means, "at least as good as." Not better than. So you have to have the concept of the consumer choosing A and not being indifferent between A and B to say that A is preferred to B. However, revealed preferred to is often stated so we don't know of B is just as good as or not. I don't see a great way to include this without overhauling the page. Before I do that, do others agree? Pdbailey (talk) 23:55, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  theory has a problem 

message: This edit removed a criticism section. The section has problems (who is Koch?), for sure, but it also has at least some basis. Wong's book, for instance, is notable enough that Samuelson refers to it in an essay "How Foundations Came To Be". At least these references exist:
* Wong's book
* "On Operationalisms and Economics" by Hands
* "Mistakes in Choice-Based Welfare Analysis" by Koszegi and Rabin
I'll pull out the truly dead links, and the section might want improvement, but it doesn't look like it merits complete removal. CRETOG8(t/c) 23:11, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think one of the dead links was trying to point here, but I don't see what's to be gained from that, so I'm pulling it out rather than fixing it. CRETOG8(t/c) 23:15, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  keeping criticism section 

message: Apparently, "This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2012)". Somebody care to explain what exactly needs citation? Thanks! --Masalih (talk) 10:47, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Verification Template

message: this article is pitched at WAY to high a level for a general encyclopedia
what is wrong with you people ???
you want to do all that math, and use wierd terms like "budget set" fine, but first you have to write something the avg high school grad can understand
total fail on that part  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.49.238 (talk) 04:33, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: complaint

message: If a child has a cookie and an apple and eats the apple first, you can't assume that they preferred the apple.  Maybe they saved the cookie to get the horrid taste of apple out of their mouth.  Or perhaps the intend to save the cookie for later.  Or perhaps they are sick of cookies now but might like a cookie later.  Order tells you nothing.  Asking tells you everything.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ggb667 (talk • contribs) 15:46, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Preference within a bundle 

message: Dr. Quah has reviewed this Wikipedia page, and provided us with the following comments to improve its quality:
We hope Wikipedians on this talk page can take advantage of these comments and improve the quality of the article accordingly.
We believe Dr. Quah has expertise on the topic of this article, since he has published relevant scholarly research:
*Reference 1: John Quah, 2014. "A test for weakly separable preferences," Economics Series Working Papers 708, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
*Reference 2: John Quah & Matthew Polisson & Ludovic Renou, 2015. "Revealed preferences over risk and uncertainty," Economics Series Working Papers 740, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
*Reference 3: John Quah & Hiroki Nishimura & Efe A. Ok, 2013. "A Unified Approach to Revealed Preference Theory: The Case of Rational Choice," Economics Series Working Papers 686, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
ExpertIdeasBot (talk) 15:29, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Quah's comment on this article 

message: I understand that this article is about an old economic theory but its much too narrow and its very dry. Either  another article is needed on the popular  use of "Revealed Preference"  or this article needs expansion. 
 
Revealed preferences is a  general term used to describe the way that people actually behave compared with the way they typically describe or present their behaviour (Expressed preference).  Due to social, religious,cultural standards, general concerns about privacy or desire to manipulate others people often feel uncomfortable  about expressing their true behaviour. Sometimes they themselves are unaware of their true behaviour. Sometimes they just lie.   There is a human tendency to promote how we want to be perceived.  
This means  interviews, and  consumption and behaviour surveys have limited use in determining actual behaviour. This can have a huge impact on government spending, healthcare, insurance, advertising, new product launch.  Examples are pornography where few people admit to consumption  yet a  multi billion dollar global business exists, and health care where people significantly over estimate the exercise they take and underestimate their consumption of food and alcohol.    
I'd argue that the "free" social media companies like Google, Facebook  have built their entire revenue business on the offer of exposing revealed preferences whether they are successful at it or not.  The general use of loyalty cards, location tracking, tracking cookies, Bluetooth beacons are designed to build behaviour profiles to allow targeted and specific advertising based.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stfual (talk • contribs) 02:39, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs a soft introduction or another article