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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Other Authors: Edwards, Ward (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1992, 1992
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