An extension of a theorem of von Neumann and Morgenstern with an application to social choice theory

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-327

  Karni, Edi ^a   Safra, Zvi ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Social choice theory; Social alternative lotteries; Sympathetic impartial observer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038099067     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4068(00)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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