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This paper contrasts the normative implications of a model of decision- making with endogenous frames to those of … choice theoretic models of Bernheim and Rangel (2007, 2009) and Rubinstein and Salant (2008) in which observed choices are … determined by exogenous frames or ancillary conditions. We argue that frames, though exogenous to the individual at the point …
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The principle of uncertain future: the probability of a future event contains an (hidden) uncertainty. The first consequence of the principle: the real values of high probabilities are lower than the preliminarily determined ones; conversely, the real values of low probabilities can be higher...
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in the literature. We characterize the conditions under which behavioural and standard decisions problems are … and (b) there is a feedback effect from chosen actions to preference parameters. In a standard decision problem the chosen … preferences cannot be used for making welfare judgements and we characterize the conditions under which they can inform welfare …
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, allowing informed decisions. nicola c. salerno [nicola.salerno@tin.it] …
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Ecofin-Oecd methodology is applied to investigate the past trends of the public health care expenditure in Basilicata. The expenditure is standardized to take into account the composition of the population in terms of age. Did Basilicata spend too much compared to the Italian average? The answer...
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main idea is that any method of ascribing welfare to an individual as a function of choice is subjective, and depends on … an individual welfare functional as a mapping from stochastic choice functions into weak orders. A stochastic choice … two choice distributions. Together with some mild technical requirements, such an individual welfare functional must …
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, Edward R. Morey contrasts neoclassical choice theory with behavioral models and findings in psychology, neuroscience … -- Chapter 2: Welfare (well-faring) economics as a theory of what is right and wrong—my take -- chapter 3: Could economicus be …: What is a choice? Choice or the illusion of choice? -- Chapter 9: How would you define a choice? And the difference between …
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