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We design and implement a novel experimental test of subjective expected utility theory and its generalizations. Our … function, but not with subjective utility theory. The theory is tested by gauging how subjects respond to price changes. A … majority of subjects respond to price changes in the direction predicted by the theory, but not to a degree that makes them …
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to misspecification, and ultimately leads to post-decision disappointment. Using statistical decision theory, we develop … the model’s implications for optimal decision-making. This practice ignores model ambiguity, exposes the decision problem … a framework to explore, evaluate, and optimize robust decision rules that explicitly account for estimation uncertainty …
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We propose a class of multiple-prior representations of preferences under ambiguity where the belief the decision …
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We test the effects of dual processing differences in both individual traits and decision states on risk taking. In an … experiment with a large representative sample (N = 1,832), we vary whether risky choices are induced to be based on either … emotion or reason, while simultaneously measuring individual decision-making traits. Our results show that decision …
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As technology-assisted decision-making is becoming more widespread, it is important to understand how the algorithmic … nature of the decisionmaker affects how decisions are perceived by the affected people. We use a laboratory experiment to … study the preference for human or algorithmic decision makers in re-distributive decisions. In particular, we consider …
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This paper considers the problem of changing prices over time to maximize expected revenues in the presence of unknown demand distribution parameters. It provides and compares several methods that use the sequence of past prices and observed demands to set price in the current period. A Taylor...
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choices being observed, compared to anonymity of choices, on risk taking in a laboratory experiment. I relate participants …' investments in a risky asset directly to social norms for risk taking that are elicited in an incentivized procedure. I find that … risk taking is not affected by the choice being observed by a matched participant. Nor do investments follow elicited norms …
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We propose a new measure of deviations from expected utility, given data on economic choices under risk and uncertainty … deviation (in beliefs, utility, or perceived prices) is within e of expected utility theory. The number e can then be used as a … distance to the theory. We apply our methodology to three recent large-scale experiments. Many subjects in those experiments …
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Time pressure is a central aspect of economic decision making nowadays. It is therefore natural to ask how time … to cope with time pressure varies significantly across decision makers, leading to selected subgroups that differ in … jointly predict individuals' decision quality and ability to keep their decision strategy under time pressure. …
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