The Firm under Uncertainty with General Risk-Averse Preferences: A State-Contingent Approach

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-20

  Quiggin, John ^a   Chambers, Robert G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized expected utility; Production; Risk; State contingent technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035590841     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011180805925     Document Type: Article

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