Psychophysical foundations of the Cobb–Douglas utility function

Rossella Argenziano; Itzhak Gilboa

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2017.05.013

Psychophysical foundations of the Cobb–Douglas utility function

Rossella Argenziano, Itzhak Gilboa

School of Economics

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

Relying on a literal interpretation of Weber's law in psychophysics, we show that a simple condition of independence across good categories implies the Cobb–Douglas preferences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-23
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	157
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.05.013
State	Published - Aug 2017

Keywords

Cobb–Douglas
Semi-order
Weber's law

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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Psychophysical foundations of the Cobb–Douglas utility function

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