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Utility

In economics, utility is a measure of a certain person's satisfaction from a certain state of the world. Over time, the term has been used with at least two meanings.

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Discussion and criticism

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Interpersonal comparisons of utility

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Utility

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples194
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
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Utility

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related to Further reading · 63
Utility → Anand, August, Boulder, Cambridge University Press, Choice, CO, Consumer's Behavior, David, Decision, Decision Making, Dryden Press, Econometrica, Economic Behavior, Economics, Fishburn, Foundations, Games, Georgescu-Roegen, Gilboa, Hinsdale
related to External links · 16
Utility → CES Type Utility Functions, Cobb-Douglas Type Utility Functions, Definition, Form Archived, InvestopediaAnatomy, InvestopediaMaximization, Marketing, Model, November, October, Originality, Place Archived, Possession, Task, Time Archived, Wayback Machine
related to Types of interpersonal utility comparisons · 11
Utility → Criterion, Francis Edgeworth, Interpersonal, Jeremy Bentham, Psychological, Rawls’s, The, The Weak Majority Preference, This, Utilitarianism, WMP
related to Constrained utility optimisation · 9
Utility → However, If, Individuals, Purchasing, Rational, Substitution, The, There, Thus
related to Discussion and criticism · 9
Utility → Cambridge, Hans Albert, In, Joan Robinson, Likewise, Other, Robinson, This, Whether
related to Expected utility · 9
Utility → Analysis, Bernoulli, Daniel Bernoulli, Expected, Gabriel Cramer, Nicholas Bernoulli, Petersburg, Swiss, The St
related to Examples · 8
Utility → CES, Geary, Hercowitz, Huffman, In, Isoelastic, Plosser, Rebelo
related to Marginal utility · 6
Utility → Economists, In, Marginal, The, Total, When
related to Ordinal · 6
Utility → For, Instead, Ordinal, They, Thus, When
related to Preference · 6
Utility → For, If, Let, The, Then, While

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Utilityis ameasure of a certain person's satisfaction from a certain state of the world0.90text
Utilityis autility of an alternative0.90text
Utilityis aquality in commodities that makes individuals want to buy them0.90text
Jeremy Benthaminstance ofdeveloped by moral philosophers0.80text
John Stuart Mill.In a descriptive contextinstance ofdeveloped by moral philosophers0.80text
the term refers to an apparent objective functioninstance ofdeveloped by moral philosophers0.80text
Francis Edgeworthinstance ofexplored by economists0.80text
Jeremy Benthaminstance ofexplored by economists0.80text
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Utilityhas applicationCombining0.60section
Utilityhas applicationIn0.60section
Utilityhas applicationAll0.60section

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