Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/192447 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 465
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
This paper develops a theory of probabilistic models for risky choices. Part of this theory can be viewed as an extension of the expected utility theory to account for bounded rationality. One probabilistic version of the Archimedean Axiom and two versions of the Independence Axiom are proposed. In addition, additional axioms are proposed of which one is Luce's Independence from Irrelevant Alternatives. It is demonstrated that different combinations of the axioms yield different characterizations of the probabilities for choosing the respective risky prospects. An interesting feature of the models developed is that they allow for violations of the expected utility theory known as the common consequence effect and the common ratio effect.
Subjects: 
Random tastes
bounded rationality
independence from irrelevant alternatives
probabilistic choice among lotteries
Allais paradox.
JEL: 
C25
D11
D81
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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