Testing descriptive utility theories: Violations of stochastic dominance and cumulative independence

DOI10.1023/A:1007739200913zbMath0916.90027OpenAlexW2127864154MaRDI QIDQ1277108

Juan B. Navarrete, Michael H. Birnbaum

Publication date: 30 June 1999

Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007739200913

zbMATH Keywords

choiceprospect theoryexpected utilitygamblesrank dependent utilityrank- and sign-dependent utilitystochastic dominance violations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Individual preferences (91B08)

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