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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Publication:3666552
DOI10.2307/1912052zbMath0517.90009MaRDI 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 dominance; consistency conditions; Allais paradox; existence conditions; inequality measures; comparative risk aversion; expected utility hypothesis; generalization of the quasilinear mean; weighted utilitarian social welfare functions
91B06: Decision theory
91B16: Utility theory
91B82: Statistical methods; economic indices and measures
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