Mathematical Utility Theory
Utility Functions, Models and Applications in the Social Sciences
1st Edition
Published on 10. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 255 pages
978-3-211-83223-3 (ISBN)
Description
This proceedings volume of an international conference which took place in Essen in October 1997 brings together economists, mathematicians, and psychologists. Their contributions represent new research in the field of mathematical utility theory with an emphasis on its applications in the social sciences.
Readers of this volume can inform themselves about novel results in mathematical utility theory and their significance for the social sciences. The contributions cover a spectrum of fields from topological methods in utility theory to the application of experimental methods to utility theory.
Readers of this volume can inform themselves about novel results in mathematical utility theory and their significance for the social sciences. The contributions cover a spectrum of fields from topological methods in utility theory to the application of experimental methods to utility theory.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Vienna
Austria
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
7
7 s/w Abbildungen
1 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
850 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-211-83223-3 (9783211832233)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Foundations of Mathematical Utility Theory: D. S. Bridges, Constructive Methods in Mathematical Economics; M. Droste, Uniqueness of Semicontinuous Ordinal Utility Functions; M. Estévez, C. Hervés, A. Verdejo, Numerical Representation of Countably Bounded Preferences.- Topological and Algebraic Aspects of Mathematical Utility Theory: J. C. Candeal, J. R. De Miguel, E. Induráin, Existence of Additive and Continuous Utility Functions on Ordered Semigroups; M. Estévez, C. Hervés, A. Verdejo, Topologies on the Space of Economic Agents; N. Schofield, The Heart and the Uncovered Set.- Choice Models, Random Utility Models and Decision Theory: G. Herden, On an Arrow-Type Theorem in Ordinal Data Analysis; N. Knoche: On Some Interrelations between Choice and Ranking Probabilities.- Utility Models in the Social Sciences: W. Trockel, Rationalizability of the Nash Bargaining Solution; U. Schmidt, Moral Hazard and First-Order Risk Aversion; R. D. Luce, Binary Gambles of a Gain and a Loss: An Understudied Domain; C. Seidl, S. Traub, Biases in the Assessment of von Neumann-Morgenstern Utility Functions; J. S. Chipman, An Application of Integrability and Duality Theory to the Classical Transfer Problem in International Trade.