A model of probabilistic choice satisfying first-order stochastic dominance

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 542-548

  Blavatskyy, Pavlo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

First order stochastic dominance; Probabilistic choice; Random utility; Strong utility

Indexed keywords

BASELINE MODELS; CONSUMER DEMANDS; DECISION MAKERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-ORDER; NEW MODEL; PROBABILISTIC CHOICE; PROBABILISTIC CHOICES; RANDOM UTILITY; STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE; STOCHASTIC TRANSITIVITY; STRONG UTILITY;

DECISION MAKING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 79952957442     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1285     Document Type: Article

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