Psychophysical Foundations of the Cobb-Douglas Utility Function

Rossella Argenziano; Itzhak Gilboa

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3178753

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Psychophysical Foundations of the Cobb-Douglas Utility Function

Rossella Argenziano ¹ Itzhak Gilboa ²

1 Department of Economics

2 GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC

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.

Keywords : Cobb-Douglas Weber's Law Semi-Order

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Humanities and Social Sciences / Business administration

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