Afriat's Theorem and some Extensions to Choice under Uncertainty

Economic Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 560, 2012, Pages 305-331

  Diewert, W Erwin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMETRICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859776096     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02504.x     Document Type: Article

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