A Generalization of the Quasilinear Mean with Applications to the Measurement of Income Inequality and Decision Theory Resolving the Allais Paradox
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DOI10.2307/1912052zbMath0517.90009OpenAlexW1594183550MaRDI QIDQ3666552
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Publication date: 1983
Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1912052
stochastic dominanceconsistency conditionsAllais paradoxexistence conditionsinequality measurescomparative risk aversionexpected utility hypothesisgeneralization of the quasilinear meanweighted utilitarian social welfare functions
Decision theory (91B06) Utility theory (91B16) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)
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