Abstract

We establish sufficient conditions for the recoverability and uniqueness of utility functions (preferences) generating consumption and asset demands in a two-period setting under uncertainty.

Citation

Polemarchakis, Herakles, and Larry Selden. "On the Recoverability of Risk and Time Preferences from Consumption and Asset Demands." European Economic Review 26 (1984): 115-133.

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