Discount-neutral utility models for denumerable time streams

Theory and Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-166

  Fishburn, Peter ^a   Edwards, Ward ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Denumerable time streams; Discount neutral models; Time preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347145132     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004943925179     Document Type: Article

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