International Summer School of Economic Research

Uncertain Decisions: Bridging Theory and Experiments International Summer School of Economic Research 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Papers from the International Summer School of Economic Research, Univ. of Siena, 1995Table of Contents: Part I: Non-Expected Utility Theory. 1. Risk and Uncertainty Aversion with Reference to the Theories of Expected Utility, Rank Dependent Expected Utility, and Choquet Expected Utility; A. Montesano. 2. Dynamic Consistency and Non-Expected Utility; U. Segal. 3. Ambiguity-Aversion and Non-Additive Probability: Experimental Evidence, Models and Applications; C. Camerer. Part II: Non-Expected Utility Applications. 4. Consumption, Savings and Asset Returns with Non-Expected Utility; L. G. Epstein. 5. Estimating (Risk) Preference Functionals Using Experimental Methods; J. D. Hey. 6. Randomisation, Mixed Strategies and the Reduction Axiom; M. Bernasconi. 7. Experimental Studies of Signaling Games; F. van Winden. 8. Independence between Events with Non-Additive Probability; N. Dimitri. 9. Fuzzy Decision Theory; A. Billot. 10. An Overview of Case-Based Decision Theory; I. Gilboa, D. Schmeidler. 11. The Recent Advances in Decision Theory under Uncertainty: A Non-Technical Introduction; A. Vercelli. Part IV: Value to Real World: The Experimental Contribution. 12. Decision Theory and Real Decisions: A Research Agenda; K. R. MacCrimmon. 13. Policy and the Use of Laboratory Experimental Methodology in Economics; C. R. Plott. 14. Buyer and Seller Effect Disentangled. An Experiment on the Microstructure of Demand; C. Borelli, et al. Index. Publisher Marketing: Presenting advanced directions of thinking on decision theory, in particular the more recent contributions on non-expected utility theory, this book concentrates on fuzzy decision and case-based theories. This work also provides theoretical insights on measures of risk aversion and on new problems for general equilibrium analysis.

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