The Curse of Free-Will and the Paradox of Inevitable Regret

Pearl Judea ()
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Pearl Judea: Department of Computer Science, University of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1596, USA

Journal of Causal Inference, 2013, vol. 1, issue 2, 255-257

Abstract: The paradox described below aims to clarify the principles by which empirical data are harnessed to guide decision making. It is motivated by the practical question of whether empirical assessments of the effect of treatment on the treated (ETT) can be useful for either policy evaluation or personal decisions.

Keywords: counterfactuals; treatment on the treated; regret; decision making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1515/jci-2013-0027

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