Maximal Elements Under Reference-Dependent Preferences with Applications to Behavioral Traps and Games

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.

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