阿罗不可能定理假设条件的混沌学解读

公理性假设条件是解决阿罗悖论的突破口,本文以混沌学的视角来对其进行解读。通过文献梳理,三个特点说明混沌学可以用来研究社会选择过程。通过对社会选择过程的系统动力学建模与分析,证明在阿罗不可能定理的假设下,社会选择动力学系统存在混沌。进而发现,对阿罗不可能定理的假设条件,经济学家所提出的放松约束的路径与用混沌学解析得出的结论具有一致性,得到三方面启示：①在简单的假设条件下,社会选择过程依然表现出一定的复杂性。②社会选择过程存在混沌是阿罗不可能定理的一种表现形式。③混沌学可能是寻求阿罗不可能定理成立的本质原因的另一条路径。     

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