The Construction of Utility Functions from Expenditure Data

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DOI10.2307/2525382zbMath0248.90001OpenAlexW1588591676WikidataQ110878081 ScholiaQ110878081MaRDI QIDQ5661284

S. N. Afriat

Publication date: 1967

Published in: International Economic Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://cowles.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/pub/d01/d0177.pdf




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