Perspectives on a pair of envelopes

Theory and Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-277

  Rawling, Piers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Countable additivity; Finite additivity; Infinite partitions; Pair of envelopes; Principle of dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342563871     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004976227366     Document Type: Article

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