Monotone Preferences over Information

B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Dubra, Juan ^a   Echenique, Federico ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Blackwell's Theorem; monotone preferences; representation theorems; value of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149124631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-598X.1033     Document Type: Article

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