Risk Premiums and Benefit Measures for Generalized-Expected-Utility Theories

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-138

  Quiggin, John ^b   Chambers, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benefit function; Distance function; Generalized expected utility; Preferences; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032252673     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007767512327     Document Type: Article

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