Utility functions of equivalent form and the effect of parameter changes on optimum decision making

Economic Theory

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-414

  Battermann, Harald L ^a   Broll, Udo ^b   Wahl, Jack E ^c  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equivalence class; Risk aversion; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249000401     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-006-0189-0     Document Type: Article

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