Irving Fisher, Ragnar Frisch and the Elusive Quest for Measurable Utility
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Keywords
Irving Fisher; Ragnar Frisch; Measurable utility; Axiomatic approach to utility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
- B23 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Econometrics; Quantitative and Mathematical Studies
- B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2019-12-23 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HPE-2019-12-23 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-ORE-2019-12-23 (Operations Research)
- NEP-UPT-2019-12-23 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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