Bernoullian Utilities for Multiple-Factor Situations

Abstract

Within the context of von Neumann-Morgenstern expected utility theory for n attributes, the paper presents axioms on preferences that are necessary and sufficient for the existence of a particular form of utility function that involves sums and product of real functions on the several attributes.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0752488

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  • Peter C. Fishburn

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