CVP under uncertainty and the manager's utility function

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-147

  Kim, Sangphill ^a   Abdolmohammadi, Mohammad J ^b   Klein, Lawrence A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost volume profit analysis; Fixed cost effect; Risk aversion; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242684350     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00367499     Document Type: Article

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