scholarly journals The evolution of utility functions and psychological altruism

Author(s):  
Christine Clavien ◽  
Michel Chapuisat
1963 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Harrah
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Author(s):  
Gagan Goel ◽  
Vahab Mirrokni ◽  
Renato Paes Leme

We consider auction settings in which agents have limited access to monetary resources but are able to make payments larger than their available resources by taking loans with a certain interest rate. This setting is a strict generalization of budget constrained utility functions (which corresponds to infinite interest rates). Our main result is an incentive compatible and Pareto-efficient auction for a divisible multi-unit setting with 2 players who are able to borrow money with the same interest rate. The auction is an ascending price clock auction that bears some similarities to the clinching auction but at the same time is a considerable departure from this framework: allocated goods can be de-allocated in future and given to other agents and prices for previously allocated goods can be raised.


1990 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-205
Author(s):  
J. PATRICK O'BRIEN ◽  
YEUNG-NAN SHIEH

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Wes Harrison ◽  
Timothy Stringer ◽  
Witoon Prinyawiwatkul

Conjoint analysis is used to evaluate consumer preferences for three consumer-ready products derived from crawfish. Utility functions are estimated using two-limit tobit and ordered probit models. The results show women prefer a baked nugget or popper type product, whereas 35- to 44-year-old men prefer a microwavable nugget or patty type product. The results also show little difference between part-worth estimates or predicted rankings for the tobit and ordered probit models, implying the results are not sensitive to assumptions regarding the ordinal and cardinal nature of respondent preferences.


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