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On Utility Functions in a Financial Context

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Recent Developments in the Foundations of Utility and Risk Theory

Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library ((TDLU,volume 47))

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1.1. — A financial context is to be defined by means of the kind of operations we refer to, and the purpose we pursue.

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  1. B. De Finetti, Sulla preferibilità, Giornale degli Eco-nomisti e Annali di Economia, 1952, 684–709.

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  1. Institute of Finance Mathematics, University of Turin, Italy

    Guido A. Rossi

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  1. Institute of Finance Mathematics, University of Trieste, Italy

    L. Daboni

  2. Faculty of Political Science, University of Milan, Italy

    A. Montesano

  3. Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Venice, Italy

    M. Lines

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Rossi, G.A. (1986). On Utility Functions in a Financial Context. In: Daboni, L., Montesano, A., Lines, M. (eds) Recent Developments in the Foundations of Utility and Risk Theory. Theory and Decision Library, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4616-3_10

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