The effects of temporal uncertainty resolution on the overall utility and suspense of risky monetary and survival gambles /

We extend Kreps and Porteus' (1978, 1979a,b) temporal utility theory to include measures of suspense for gambles that vary in the timing of uncertainty resolution. Our f$ sp t$-modification (of their theory) defines overall utility and suspense in terms of two functions: a standard utility func...

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Main Author: Cook, Victoria Tracy, 1960-
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 1989
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