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Nonlinear Utility Functions

Nonlinear Utility Functions is a preference modeling construct that represents individual preferences through a utility function exhibiting nonlinear relationships between outcomes and their associated subjective values, distinguishing it from linear utility models by capturing diminishing returns, risk aversion, or other nonproportional valuation patterns.

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Aggregation and Linearity in the Provision of Intertemporal Incentives

Bengt Holmström, Paul Milgrom · Econometrica · 1987 · 3K citations

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Curvature of the Probability Weighting Function

G. Y. Wu, Richard Gonzalez · Management Science · 1996 · 1K citations

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The use of nonlinear, noncompensatory models in decision making.

Hillel J. Einhorn · Psychological Bulletin · 1970 · 564 citations

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Nonlinear Preference and Utility Theory.

Robert Sugden, Peter C. Fishburn · The Economic Journal · 1989 · 499 citations

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The Structure of Utility Functions

W. M. Gorman · The Review of Economic Studies · 1968 · 472 citations

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Authors

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  1. TI
    Takayuki Itō

    Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

    11 publications · 436 citations

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  2. MK
    Mark Klein

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    11 publications · 436 citations

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  3. HH
    Hiromitsu Hattori

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    7 publications · 338 citations

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  4. KF
    Katsuhide Fujita

    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

    5 publications · 109 citations

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  5. RL
    Robert L. Winkler

    Duke University, United States

    4 publications · 220 citations

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Institutions

191

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Nagoya Institute of Technology

    Nagoya, Japan

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    427 citations

  3. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    472 citations

  4. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    305 citations

  5. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    199 citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    639 citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    265 citations

  8. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    88 citations

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  1. Management Science

    14 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Mathematical Economics

    6 publications · 215 citations

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 5 publications · 76 citations

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  4. International Economic Review

    4 publications · 153 citations

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  5. European Journal of Operational Research

    4 publications · 92 citations

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