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020 _a9780199372768 (hardcover)
040 _aNUST
_cNUST
049 _aMAIN
090 1 4 _aHB201
_bMOS
100 1 _aMoscati, Ivan.
245 1 0 _aMeasuring utility :
_bfrom the marginal revolution to behavioral economics /
_cIvan Moscati
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_c[2019]
300 _aviii, 326 pages ;
_c23cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediatedr
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
440 1 _aOxford studies in the history of economics
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aSince the marginal revolution of the 1870s, the economic theory of decision-making has been based on the notion of utility. Utility, however, is not measurable. This book reconstructs economists' struggles with issues related to utility measurement from the 1870s to the beginning of behavioral economics in the mid-1980s
650 0 _aUtility theory.
650 0 _aEconomics
_xHistory.
655 7 _aHistory.
907 _a.b10400990
_b21-04-21
_c16-04-21
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_kHB201
_mMOS
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