Boundedly rational expected utility theory

Daniel Navarro-Martinez (), Graham Loomes (), Andrea Isoni (), David Butler and Larbi Alaoui
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Daniel Navarro-Martinez: Pompeu Fabra University
Larbi Alaoui: Pompeu Fabra University

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2018, vol. 57, issue 3, No 1, 199-223

Abstract: Abstract We build a satisficing model of choice under risk which embeds Expected Utility Theory (EUT) into a boundedly rational deliberation process. The decision maker accumulates evidence for and against alternative options by repeatedly sampling from her underlying set of EU preferences until the evidence favouring one option satisfies her desired level of confidence. Despite its EUT core, the model produces patterns of behaviour that violate standard EUT axioms, while at the same time capturing systematic relationships between choice probabilities, response times and confidence judgments, which are beyond the scope of theories that do not take deliberation into account.

Keywords: Expected utility; Bounded rationality; Deliberation; Probabilistic choice; Confidence; Response times; D03; D81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s11166-018-9293-3

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