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5. Expected Utility Theory and Psychology

verfasst von : Professor Kazuhisa Takemura

Erschienen in: Behavioral Decision Theory

Verlag: Springer Japan

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Abstract

Expected utility theory is a major theory of decision making under risk. Decision making under risk is a type of decision-making in which the probability distribution of the results is known. This expected utility theory is assumed in numerous theories of economics. Certainly, any student taking economics should have been taught it in a course of some kind.

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Metadaten
Titel
Expected Utility Theory and Psychology
verfasst von
Professor Kazuhisa Takemura
Copyright-Jahr
2014
Verlag
Springer Japan
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54580-4_5

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