Experienced utility: Utility theory from Jeremy Bentham to Daniel Kahneman

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-61

  Read, Daniel ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847029164     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780600872627     Document Type: Review

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