LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2013030113 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780415636100 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Call number |
338.5 |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Authors |
Friedman, Daniel, |
Dates |
1947- |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Risky curves : |
Subtitle |
on the empirical failure of expected utility |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Daniel Friedman ...[et al]. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xii, 137 p. : |
Other Details |
ill. ; |
Size |
24 cm. |
SUMMARY |
Summary |
"For several decades, the orthodox economics approach to understanding choice under risk has been to assume that each individual person maximizes some sort of personal utility function defined over purchasing power. This new volume contests that even the best wisdom from the orthodox theory is inadequate, and proposes the return to a simpler sort of scientific theory of risky choice"-- |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Risk |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Utility theory |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Decision making |
ADDED ENTRY |
Name |
Isaac, R. Mark |
ADDED ENTRY |
Name |
James, Duncan |
ADDED ENTRY |
Name |
Sunder, Shyam |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/m2ugb9wghf01f4cwcyqrumecv5lnoxsj |
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