Because there is a larger "pie" of goods and services to satisfy preferences (since compensation could be paid and everybody's preferences better satisfied), selecting policies with the greatest net benefit serves economic efficiency (Hicks 1939, Kaldor 1939).
Architects design structures and environments for people, with concomitant effects on personal behavior, capacity to choose courses of action, and ability to satisfy preferences, visit harm, generate benefit, or exercise rights.
Rejecting an unfair offer satisfies preferences for negative reciprocity because it punishes the proposer, depriving him of a larger amount.
If Izzo, 55, agrees to terms with the Cavaliers, it will satisfy the preference of the team's majority owner, Dan Gilbert, to make a splashy hiring and clarify a hazy future.
Details on the labeling system were sketchy, and it was not clear that it would satisfy regulators' preference for a system that would clearly alert consumers to the less-healthy aspects of many packaged foods.
Few of them debated whether such improvements would satisfy consumer preference for bigger lots, deeper setbacks, and multiple car garages.
In [31], the proposed content on demand method adapted the video with MPEG-21 DIA framework to satisfy users' preference in video content.
The main task of MPEG-21 DIA is actually generating adapted video by selecting video elements in each parcel to meet varying network conditions and maximally satisfy users' preference.
