%0 Report %A Manzini, Paola %A Mariotti, Marco %T Rationalizing Boundedly Rational Choice: Sequential Rationalizability and Rational Shortlist Methods %D 2004 %8 2004 Aug %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 1239 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1239 %X A sequentially rationalizable choice function is a choice function which can be obtained by applying sequentially a fixed set of asymmetric binary relations (rationales). A Rational ShortlistMethod (RSM) is a choice function which is sequentially rationalizable by two rationales. These concepts translate into economic language some human choice heuristics studied in psychology. We provide a full characterization of RSMs and study some properties of sequential rationalizability. These properties allow some degree of menu dependence in choice. %K incomplete preferences %K intransitive choice %K bounded rationality %K menu dependence %K rationalizability of choice