Measuring Utility: From the Marginal Revolution to Behavioral Economics

by Ivan Moscati

Utility is a key concept in the economics of individual decision-making. However, utility is not measurable in a straightforward way. As a result, from the very beginning there has been debates about the meaning of utility as well as how to measure it. This book is an innovative investigation of how these arguments changed over time.

Measuring Utility reconstructs economists' ideas and discussions about utility measurement from 1870 to 1985,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199372764
• ISBN13: 9780199372768
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"