Which decision theory?
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Blavatskyy, P. (2013) Which decision theory? Economics Letters, 120 (1). pp. 40-44.
Link to Published Version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2013.03.039
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Abstract
A new laboratory experiment is designed to identify the best theories for describing decisions under risk. The experimental design has two noteworthy features: a representative sample of binary choice problems (for fair comparison across theories) and a lottery set with a small number of outcomes and probabilities (for ease of non-parametric estimation). We find that a simple heuristic, rank-dependent utility and expected utility theory provide the best goodness of fit.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Copyright: | © 2013 Elsevier B.V. |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/30531 |
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