A law of large numbers in the theory of consumer's choice under uncertainty

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(76)90074-0zbMath0345.90006OpenAlexW1973759157MaRDI QIDQ1233388

Menahem E. Yaari

Publication date: 1976

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(76)90074-0

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Trade models (91B60) Mathematical economics (91B99) Mathematical programming (90C99) Hamilton-Jacobi theories (49L99)

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