Why (and when) are preferences convex? Threshold effects and uncertain quality

DOI10.2202/1935-1704.1518MaRDI QIDQ3573045zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Trenton G. Smith, Attila Tasnádi

Publication date 30 June 2010

Published in The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://unipub.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/294/1/Smith_Tasnadi_BEJTE_2009_v9_i3_a1_p1.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

advertisingevolutionendogenous preferences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Individual preferences (91B08) Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42)

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