Questions in decision theory

Itzhak Gilboa

doi:10.1146/annurev.economics.102308.124332

Questions in decision theory

Itzhak Gilboa^*

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School of Economics

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Abstract

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

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-19
Number of pages	19
Journal	Annual Review of Economics
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.economics.102308.124332
State	Published - 2010

Keywords

Group decision
Probability
Rationality
Reasoning
Utility

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