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alone cannot explain the observed investment decisions. …
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Preference reversals occur when different (but formally equivalent) elicitation methods reveal conflicting preferences over two alternatives. This paper shows that when people have fuzzy preferences i.e. when they choose in a probabilistic manner, their observed decisions can generate systematic...
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The results of a new experimental study reveal highly systematic violations of expected utility theory. The pattern of these violations is exactly the opposite of the classical common ratio effect discovered by Allais (1953). Two recent decision theories— stochastic expected utility theory...
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This paper investigates how subjects determine minimum selling prices for lotteries. We design an experiment where …
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compatible mechanism is used. Their confidence in own knowledge does not depend on their attitude towards risk/ambiguity. …
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Experimental games turned out to be remarkably productive tools for examining the nature of social preferences and social norms. This paper describes the methods and tools of experimental game theory and provides a selection of games that have been useful. We also discuss the role of...
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A standard method to elicit certainty equivalents is the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) procedure. We compare the standard BDM procedure and a BDM procedure with a restricted range of minimum selling prices that an individual can state. We find that elicited prices are systematically affected by...
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This paper presents an axiomatic model of probabilistic choice under risk. In this model, when it comes to choosing one …
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theory such as the fourfold pattern of risk attitudes, the discrepancy between certainty equivalent and probability …
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Risk aversion is traditionally defined in the context of lotteries over monetary payoffs. This paper extends the notion … of risk aversion to a more general setup where outcomes (consequences) may not be measurable in monetary terms and people … risk aversion within neoclassical expected utility theory, a constant error/tremble model and a strong utility model of …
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