Probabilities in Economic Modeling

Itzhak Gilboa, Andrew Postlewaite and David Schmeidler

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Abstract: Economic modeling assumes, for the most part, that agents are Bayesian, that is, that they entertain probabilistic beliefs, objective or subjective, regarding any event in question. We argue that the formation of such beliefs calls for a deeper examination and for explicit modeling. Models of belief formation may enhance our understanding of the probabilistic beliefs when these exist, and may also help up characterize situations in which entertaining such beliefs is neither realistic nor necessarily rational.

Keywords: Decision making; Bayesian; Behavioral Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 D8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2007-08-02
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Working Paper: Probabilities in Economic Modelling (2008)
Working Paper: Probability and Uncertainty in Economic Modeling, Second Version (2008)
Working Paper: Probabilities in Economic Modeling (2007)
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