Unbounded expected utility and continuity

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(84)90096-9MaRDI QIDQ761228zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lars Tyge Nielsen

Publication date 1984

Published in Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(84)90096-9

zbMATH Keywords

weak convergence of probability measuresexpected- utilityprobability distribution of outcomesunbounded utility

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Utility theory (91B16)

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