Discriminating between Preference Functionals: A Monte Carlo Study

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-54

  Carbone, Enrica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision under risk; Experimental design; Monte Carlo study; Preference functionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031496105     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007785820094     Document Type: Article

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