Another look at the Radner-Stiglitz nonconcavity in the value of information

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 421-452

  Chade, Hector ^a   Schlee, Edward E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information acquisition; Radner Stiglitz non concavity; Value of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036921026     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.2001.2960     Document Type: Article

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