1. CI2MA, Departamento de Ingenier??a Matem??tica, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile 2. LANG, University of Avignon, Avignon, France 3. GREQAM, University of Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France
Abstract:
We study reference-dependent preference relations defined by a real-valued bivariate function and prove an existence criterion for maximal elements. Then we formulate a generalized version of the well-known Brondsted maximum principle and apply it to behavioral traps and Nash equilibrium in games with preference relations that are not necessarily partial orders.