Stochastic Dominance Analysis Without the Independence Axiom

Autor: Massimo Marinacci, Fabio Maccheroni, Simone Cerreia-Vioglio
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Management Science. 63:1097-1109
ISSN: 1526-5501
0025-1909
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2015.2388
Popis: We characterize the consistency of a large class of nonexpected utility preferences (including mean-variance preferences and prospect theory preferences) with stochastic orders (for example, stochastic dominances of different degrees). Our characterization rests on a novel decision theoretic result that provides a behavioral interpretation of the set of all derivatives of the functional representing the decision maker’s preferences. As an illustration, we consider in some detail prospect theory and choice-acclimating preferences, two popular models of reference dependence under risk, and we show the incompatibility of loss aversion with prudence. This paper was accepted by James Smith, decision analysis.
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