Segal, Uzi; Naeh, Shlomo - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2008
Transitivity is a fundamental axiom in Economics that appears in consumer theory, decision under uncertainty, and … social choice theory. While the appeal of transitivity is obvious, observed choices sometimes contradict it. This paper shows … that treatments of violations of transitivity al- ready appear in the rabbinic literature, starting with the Mishnah and …