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On the Preferences Characterization of Additively Separable Utility

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Constructing Scalar-Valued Objective Functions

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems ((LNE,volume 453))

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The keynote address surveys the hystorical background for constructing scalar-valued objective functions in the late 1950’s with special attention to the characterization of additively separable utility in terms of the preferences that it represents.

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  1. University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3880, USA

    Gerard Debreu

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  1. Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Fernuniversität Hagen, Postfach 940, D-58084, Hagen, Germany

    Andranik Tangian  & Josef Gruber  & 

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Debreu, G. (1997). On the Preferences Characterization of Additively Separable Utility. In: Tangian, A., Gruber, J. (eds) Constructing Scalar-Valued Objective Functions. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 453. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48773-6_3

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