A non-calculus approach to solving the utility maximization problem using the Cobb-Douglas and CES utility function

This paper proposes a new original non-calculus method to solving the utility maximization problem using the Cobb-Douglas and the CES utility functions, and incorporating the weighted arithmetic-geometric-mean inequality (weighted AM-GM inequality) and Jensen’s inequality. Instead of using calculus,...

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Main Author: Vedran Kojić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Operational Research Society 2015-03-01
Series:Croatian Operational Research Review
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Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=204329