%0 Journal Article
%@ 00057940
%D 1979
%F iiasa:14045
%I Wiley
%J Behavioral Science
%N 3
%P 208-213
%R 10.1002/bs.3830240306
%T A utility function for time streams having interperiod dependencies
%U https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14045/
%V 24
%X Frequently, a decision maker's preferences for consequences in a given period will depend on the particular outcome in the previous and/or following period. This paper gives a simple functional form which enables such preferences to be explicitly included in a utility function for time streams.