Harmonic Sequence Paradox

Informal evidence suggests that individuals are willing to pay only a finite and, typically, very low price for a specific lottery that converges to an infinite payment with probability one. The established decision theories (expected value, expected utility theory, cumulative prospect theory) canno...

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Veröffentlicht in:Economic Theory. - Springer, 1991. - 28(2006), 1, Seite 221-226
1. Verfasser: Blavatskyy, Pavlo R. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2006
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Economic Theory
Schlagworte:Expected value EUT Cumulative prospect theory St. Petersburg paradox Willingness to pay C91 D81 Philosophy Behavioral sciences Mathematics Economics