A verification of the expected utility calibration theorem

Economics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 347-351

  Neilson, William S ^a   Winter, Harold ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration theorem; Expected utility; Risk aversion; Value of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036019642     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00570-5     Document Type: Article

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