Sentences with phrase «one's true preference»

He, along with fellow Nobel Prize winner Lloyd Shapley, showed that a system could be designed to elicit true preferences just as prices would in a normal market.

Are they eating the food to please their parents or because it is a true preference?

Respondents are unlikely to admit to a surveyor about their true preference.

More broadly, it means the possibility always exists that it's in a voter's interest to vote in a way that doesn't reflect their true preferences; in other words, tactical voting is always a factor in elections.

At a voting station, there is privacy and true preference will take place.

Specifically, some white voters give inaccurate polling responses for fear that, by stating their true preference, they will open themselves to criticism of racial motivation.

The presumption is that they do not want to admit to their true preference because it seems racist (anti-Bradley), economically selfish (Tory), or some similar explanation.

In reality, he might have appended «if that president is a Republican,» which is where he true preferences lie.

Second, it frees voters to express their true preferences without having to think about voting tactically.

They may be in denial about the dog's true preferences.

And while I agree that the 360 has many games coming out, for you to only list 3 PS3 games shows your true preference.

The mainstream economist might conclude that people were not expressing their true preferences in the surveys and when it came to actual market decisions their real preferences were expressed.

Assuming you've started asking your spouse more open - ended questions, they may have begun opening up about their true preferences and desires.