The present work takes place in the framework of a non-expected utility model under risk: the RDEU theory (Rank Dependent Expected Utility, first initiated by Quiggin under the denomination of ...

William Baumol writes in "Economics: Principles and Policy" that the total monetary utility of a collection of goods to a consumer is equal to the largest amount of money the consumer will pay in ...

From a practical standpoint, the august professors were talking about the value of that last dollar, the one at the top of a potentially very high stack that you might possess. And the function for ...

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Marginal utility helps set product pricing; high initial satisfaction decreases with more units. Some stores use bulk pricing when consumers value additional items less. Progressive taxes assume each ...

You don't need to have studied economics to be familiar with the law of diminishing marginal utility and the idea of consumer surplus. The first has to do with the benefit consumers get from their ...

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Taylor's series and logarithmic estimates of health state-dependent utility functions both imply that job injuries reduce one's utility and marginal utility of income, thus rejecting the monetary loss ...

After facing criticism for charging students exorbitant textbook fees, Professor N. Gregory Mankiw, who teaches the most enrolled course at the College, Economics 10, announced that he would donate ...

Here at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis - just recently ranked the top undergraduate business program in America - it's that time of year for students to start cramming ...