Generalized Expected Utility, Heteroscedastic Error, and Path Dependence in Risky Choice

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-88

  Buschena, David ^a   Zilberman, David ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized expected utility; Heteroscedastic error; Path dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034406995     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007814719863     Document Type: Article

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