Questions in Decision Theory

Itzhak Gilboa

Annual Review of Economics, 2010, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-19

Abstract: This review surveys a few major questions in the field of decision theory. It is argued that a re-examination of some of the fundamental concepts in decision theory may have important implications to theoretical and even empirical research in economics and related fields.

Keywords: rationality; probability; utility; reasoning; group decision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 D80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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