A Class of Utility Functions

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In the case of the exponential family of distributions it is well known that the use of a prior distribution belonging to the natural conjugate family substantially simplifies the analysis whilst often being realistic in applications. The present paper explores the related idea of a conjugate family of utilities, and generally the notion of choosing a utility structure that is suitably "matched" to the probability structure and, at the same time, realistic in application.

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