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		| Michael  Zarichnyi and Oleksandra  Hubal | 
	
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		| ''Whitney topology and spaces of preference relations'' | 
	
		| ( 2005, Vol. 3 No.4 ) | 
	
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		| The strong Whitney topology on the sets of maps of smooth manifolds induces a topology on the set of preferences in euclidean space. We prove that the obtained space is not connected which implies that there is no continuous social choice function defined on a finite power of this space. We also show that the obtained space is not normal. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Whitney topology | 
	
		| JEL: D5 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Nov 25 2004 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Jan 20 2005 | 
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