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Integrability of demand arguments start with consumer demand functions having properties that would be implied by constrained utility maximization were they generated from that source. Using a process of mathematical integration, the arguments then proceed to demonstrate the existence of utility functions from which those demand functions could be derived.
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Katzner, D.W. (2018). Integrability of Demand. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_1100
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