Expected utility theory without the completeness axiom

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 118-133

  Dubra, Juan ^a   Maccheroni, Fabio ^b   Ok, Efe A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected utility; Incomplete preference relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442330983     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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