The Structure of Utility Functions

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DOI10.2307/2296766zbMath0217.26801OpenAlexW2139556055MaRDI QIDQ5621244

W. M. Gorman

Publication date: 1968

Published in: The Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2296766




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