What is the formula for an isoelastic utility function?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-20T12:51:25

$U(x) = 1/(eta-1) x^( 1-eta)$
Where $1-eta = "elasticity"$
$x = "wealth"$
$eta get 0; eta ne 0 => "constant coefficient of risk aversion"$