Least Concave Ordinal Utility Function and the Marshalian Cardinal Utility

Authors

  • Taradas Bandyopadhyay University of California, Riverside
  • Tapan Biswas University of Hull

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v4i1.1531

Abstract

This paper examines the conditions under which the Marshallian type of cardinal utility function can be derived from a class of ordinal utility functions.

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Published

2012-05-22

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012)

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