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Tribute to Jean-Yves Jaffray

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Tribute to Jean-Yves Jaffray by the French Group of Decision Theory.

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  1. Paris school of Economics, Université de Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne, CES, 106, Bd de l’Hopital, 75013, Paris, France

    Michèle Cohen, Alain Chateauneuf & Jean-Marc Tallon

  2. THEMA, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy-Pontoise, France

    Eric Danan

  3. CES, CNRS, Université de Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, France

    Thibault Gajdos & Jean-Christophe Vergnaud

  4. CRESE, Université de Franche Comté, Besançon, France

    Raphaël Giraud

  5. GAINS, Université du Maine, Le Mans, France

    Meglena Jeleva

  6. LIRMM, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Fabrice Philippe

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Cohen, M., Chateauneuf, A., Danan, E. et al. Tribute to Jean-Yves Jaffray. Theory Decis 71, 1–10 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-010-9210-y

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