Production under uncertainty and choice under uncertainty in the emergence of generalized expected utility theory

Theory and Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 2-4, 2001, Pages 125-144

  Quiggin, John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice theory; Generalized expected utility; Production theory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042783810     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015546825052     Document Type: Article

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