Testing the predective validity of the time trade-off and the Stardard Gamble

Jose-Maria Abellan-Perpiñan (), Han Bleichrodt () and Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades
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Han Bleichrodt: Erasmus University Rotterdam, http://www.eur.nl/

No E2007/14, Economic Working Papers at Centro de Estudios Andaluces from Centro de Estudios Andaluces

Abstract: This paper tests the consistency of health utility measurements with individual preferences. We compare three methods, the time trade-off, the standard gamble and a version of the standard gamble that corrects for the deviations from expected utility modelled by prospect theory. Individual preferences are measured both through a ranking task and through a choice task. In decisions involving no risk the time trade-off is most consistent with people’s preferences with the standard gamble a close second. In decisions involving risk the corrected standard gamble is most consistent with people’s preferences. Our data do not support the common assumption in health economics that utility is transferable across decision contexts.

Keywords: Health utility measurement; QALYs; stardard gamble; time trade-off; prospect theory. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2007

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Working Paper: Testing the Predictive Validity of the Time Trade-Off and the Standard Gamble (2007)
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