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Revealed preferenceThe use of the value of expenditure to "reveal" the preference of a consumer or group of consumers for the bundle of goods they purchase compared to other bundles of equal or smaller value. Used by Samuelson (1939) and Ohyama (1972), especially, to examine the gains from trade.Similar MatchesCommunity preferencesCommunity preferencesA set of consumer preferences, analogous to those of an individual as might be represented by a utility function, but representing the preferences of a group of consumers. The existence of well-behaved community preferences requires restrictive assumptions about individual preferences and/or incomes. Preference sharesPreference sharesShares in a company which give their holders an entitlement to a fixed dividend but which do not usually carry voting rights. The important difference between preference and ordinary shares are:The dividend on ordinary shares is uncertain and variable (high when the company does well, poor or non-existent when it does badly). Preference shareholders get a fixed dividend which, if not paid, usually accrues until it can be.Each ordinary share usually carries a vote. Preference shares do not usually carry a vote unless dividends fall into arrears.In the event of a winding up, preference shares are usually repayable at par value, and rank above the claims of ordinary shareholders (but behind bank and trade creditors).Preference shares may be issued with the right of conversion into ordinary shares. These are called convertibles. Preference for varietyPreference for varietyThe increased utility that people experience when they have access to a larger number of differentiated product varieties. In reality this may reflect their ability to find products more closely suited to their own particular needs, but as modeled in the Dixit-Stiglitz utility function, they are better off consuming small quantities of each of a larger number of products. Identical preferencesIdentical preferencesThe assumption that individuals -- either within a country or in different countries -- have the same preferences. To be useful, since individuals' and countries' incomes may differ, the assumption is often used together with homothetic preferences. Liquidity preference hypothesisLiquidity preference hypothesisThe argument that greater liquidity is valuable, all else equal. Also, the theory that the forward rate exceeds expected future interest rates. Further SuggestionsTax preference itemHomothetic preferences Tariff preference participating preference shares Generalized System of Preferences stepped preference shares Loan Preference Principle Preference stock cumulative preference shares Preference share Weak axiom of revealed preference redeemable preference shares Preferences Involuntary liquidation preference |
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