Continuous representability of homothetic preferences by means of homogeneous utility functions

DOI10.1016/S0304-4068(99)00030-0zbMath1028.91531OpenAlexW2039567159MaRDI QIDQ1567180

Esteban Induráin, Juan Carlos Candeal, Gianni Bosi

Publication date: 5 June 2000

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-4068(99)00030-0

zbMATH Keywords

homothetic preferenceshomogeneous utility functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Individual preferences (91B08)

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