Utility Theories: Measurements and Applications
The Conference on "Utility: Theories, Measurements, and Applications" met at the Inn at Pasatiempo in Santa Cruz, California, from June II to 15, 1989. The all-star cast of attendees are listed as authors in the Table of Contents of this book (see p. V), except for Soo Hong Chew and Amos T...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1992, 1992
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1992 |
Series: | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I Review
- 1 Properties of Utility Theories and Related Empirical Phenomena
- II The Old Time Religion and Its Implementation
- 2 In Praise of the Old Time Religion
- 3 On the Foundations of Prescriptive Decision Analysis
- 4 Generic Analysis of Utility Models
- III Generalized Utility Is Not Normative
- 5 Small Worlds and Sure Things: Consequentialism by the Back Door
- 6 What Now for Generalized Utility Theory
- 7 The Independence Axiom Versus the Reduction Axiom: Must We Have Both?
- IV What Should Descriptive Decision Models Look Like? What Do They Describe?
- 8 Rational Versus Plausible Accounting Equivalences in Preference Judgments
- 9 Recent Tests of Generalizations of Expected Utility Theory
- 10 Toward the Demise of Economic Man and Woman; Bottom Lines from Santa Cruz
- V Discussion
- 11 Old and New Roles for Expected and Generalized Utility Theories
- Author Index