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    economics, the isoelastic function for utility, also known as the isoelastic utility function, or power utility function, is used to express utility in terms...
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  • alternative utility functions such as: CES (constant elasticity of substitution). Isoelastic utility Exponential utility Quasilinear utility Homothetic...
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    This feature explains why the exponential utility function is considered unrealistic. Though isoelastic utility, exhibiting constant relative risk aversion...
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  • competition. Note the difference between CES utility and isoelastic utility: the CES utility function is an ordinal utility function that represents preferences...
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    Risk aversion (redirect from CARA utility)
    disentangled from the coefficient of relative risk aversion. The isoelastic utility function u ( c ) = c 1 − ρ − 1 1 − ρ {\displaystyle u(c)={\frac {c^{1-\rho...
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  • In mathematical economics, an isoelastic function, sometimes constant elasticity function, is a function that exhibits a constant elasticity, i.e. has...
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  • utility function, the exponential utility function, and the isoelastic utility function. A utility function is said to exhibit hyperbolic absolute risk aversion...
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  • Epstein–Zin preferences (category Utility)
    Neumann–Morgenstern expected utility index. Importantly, unlike von Neumann–Morgenstern utility functions (e.g. isoelastic utility), Epstein–Zin preferences...
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  • Homothetic preferences (category Utility function types)
    constant-relative-risk-aversion form for within period utility (also called the power utility or isoelastic utility). The reason is that, in combination with additivity...
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    theory, a social welfare function—also called a social ordering, ranking, utility, or choice function—is a function that ranks a set of social states by...
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  • ^{t}u(c_{t}^{vol})} and solving for λ {\displaystyle \lambda } For the case of isoelastic utility, given by u ( c t ) = c t 1 − θ − 1 1 − θ {\displaystyle u(c_{t})={\frac...
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  • typical utility functions of divisible goods. These functions are commonly used as examples in consumer theory. The functions are ordinal utility functions...
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    Q(P)=3P-6} , and 2) the constant-elasticity supply function (also called isoelastic or log-log or loglinear supply function), e.g., the smooth curve Q ( P...
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    test. Strain gauges that are not self-temperature-compensated (such as isoelastic alloy) can be temperature compensated by use of the dummy gauge technique...
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