On the representation of incomplete preferences over risky alternatives

Theory and Decision

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-323

  Manzini, Paola ^a,b   Mariotti, Marco ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incomplete preference relations; Interval orders; Partial orders

Indexed keywords

EXPECTED UTILITY THEORIES; INCOMPLETE PREFERENCE RELATIONS; INTERVAL ORDERS; LINEAR INTERVALS; PARTIAL ORDERS; SPI-RIT;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 54949092904     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-007-9086-7     Document Type: Article

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