How many balance functions does it take to determine a utility function?

DOI10.1007/S11166-005-3551-XMaRDI QIDQ2575458zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John W. Pratt

Publication date 9 December 2005

Published in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-005-3551-x

zbMATH Keywords

utility50-50 gamblesbalance functionsSamuelson question

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16)

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