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Mathematical Economics: Topological methods in cardinal utility theory

Gerard Debreu
- 01 Jul 1983 - 
- pp 120-132
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This article is published in Research Papers in Economics.The article was published on 1983-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 727 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cardinal utility.

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