Questions in decision theory

Itzhak Gilboa

doi:10.1145/2000378.2000381

Questions in decision theory

Itzhak Gilboa^*

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School of Economics

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Abstract

This note surveys a few major questions in the field of decision theory. It is argued that a re-examination of some of the fundamental concepts of the field may have important implications to theoretical and even empirical research in economics and related fields.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TARK XIII
Subtitle of host publication	Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge - Proceedings of the 13th Conference, TARK 2011
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	17-27
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9781450307079
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2000378.2000381
State	Published - 2011

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Keywords

probability
rationality
utility

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