Lottery dependent utility: A reexamination

Theory and Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-58

  Schmidt, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary effects; Lexicographic utility; Lottery dependent utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005879846     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005219005058     Document Type: Article

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