Production decisions under joint price and production uncertainty

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Dalal, Ardeshir J ^a   Alghalith, Moawia ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Comparative statics; Multiplicative output uncertainty; Price uncertainty; Quadratic utility; Ross increasing relative risk aversion; Stein's Lemma

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY;

COMPARATIVE STATICS; MULTIPLICATIVE OUTPUT UNCERTAINTY; PRICE UNCERTAINTY; QUADRATIC UTILITY; ROSS INCREASING RELATIVE RISK AVERSION; STEIN'S LEMMA;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 59649096759     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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