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<p>Hi, is there a way to interpret this picture as a Pareto set? What assumptions are necessary for such an interpretation?</p>

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2017-10-23T10:58:10.470Z
Not with monotone preferences.
Michael Greinecker
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Hi Michael, could you tell me why with monotone preferences there's no a pareto set? and to be honest I don't know how to interprete this picture as a "normal" edgeworth box. Could you help me with that?
cygni
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Could be this picture be interpreteded as a pareto set?
cygni
# Could be this picture be interpreteded as a pareto set?

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Hi, is there a way to interpret this picture as a Pareto set? What assumptions are necessary for such an interpretation?

**Tags:** macroeconomics, consumer-theory
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Not with monotone preferences.  
> **username_0**: Hi Michael, could you tell me why with monotone preferences there's no a pareto set? and to be honest I don't know how to interprete this picture as a "normal" edgeworth box. Could you help me with that?  

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