Intrinsic Preference for Information

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-259

  Grant, Simon ^a   Kajii, Atsushi ^b   Polak, Ben ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; risk aversion; anxiety; non expected utility; Gateaux

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009666159     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1996.2458     Document Type: Article

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