Comparative statics under uncertainty: The case of mean-variance preferences

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 224-232

  Wagener, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice under uncertainty; Decision analysis; Mean variance analysis; Risk preferences; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UTILITY THEORY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0043092389     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00599-4     Document Type: Article

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