Utility and entropy
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1 Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Análisis Económico, c/ Doctor Cerrada, 50005 Zaragoza, SPAIN (e-mail: [email protected]) 2 Universidad Pública de Navarra, Departamento de Mátematica e Informática, Campus Arrosadia, 31006, SPAIN (e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]) 3 Department of Economics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, AUSTRALIA (e-mail: [email protected])
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