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From preferences to Cobb-Douglas utility

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  • Voorneveld, Mark

    (Dept. of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics)

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We provide characterizations of preferences representable by a Cobb-Douglas utility function.

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  • Voorneveld, Mark, 2008. "From preferences to Cobb-Douglas utility," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 701, Stockholm School of Economics, revised 27 Oct 2008.
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    Preferences; Utility theory; Cobb-Douglas;
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    JEL classification:

    • C60 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - General
    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles

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