Fairness, risk preferences and independence: Impossibility theorems

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 606-612

  Fudenberg, Drew ^a   Levine, David K ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A1 D8; Ex ante fairness; Fairness; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856227803     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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