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A class of convex preferences without concave representation

I show that continuous convex preference relations that have affine indifference curves do not have a concave representation if there are two indifference curves that are not parallel. In other words a preference relation with affine indifference curves that has a concave representation has a linear utility representation.

Concave Representation; Concavifiable Preferences; Linear Utility


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