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Axioms of Utility theory

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Completeness
Transitivity
Continuity
Probabilistic Consistency
Independence

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Completeness

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If a data set contains (x,y) then x>y, y>x, or x~y

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Transitivity

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If x>y, y>z, then x>z

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Continuity

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If x>y>z then there will be a combination of xz in which (xz)~y

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Probabilistic consistency

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An individual will be indifferent between x and y, if x and y produce the same outcome with the same probability

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Independence

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If there are some states that lead to the same outcome under all decisions then it will not effect the individuals decision making

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Endowment

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The initial allocation of economic resources before any economic decisions

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x≥y

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x is at least as good as y: weak preference

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x>y

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x is strictly preferred to y: strong preference

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x~y

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Individual is indifference between x and y

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Aspiration treadmill

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Process where increasing endowments lead to rising aspirations

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Status quo bias

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Tendency to prefer existing states of affairs

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Reference point

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A point in which individuals view economic decisions

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Factors effecting reference point

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Level of endowments
Social comparisons
Adjustment time to wins or losses
Expectations

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Opportunity cost

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The value of the next best alternative forgone because of a particular choice: Implicit cost

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Explicit cost

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Monetary cost of an action

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Sunk cost fallacy

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The continuing investment in an action, even if it does not maximise utility, due to the high previous investment of said action

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Expansion condition

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If x>y then the addition of z would not lead to the consumer picking y from the data set (x,y,z)

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Menu dependence

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The evaluation and relations between choices is dependant on the alternatives offered

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Decoy effect

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The addition of an alternative product in order to change consumers actions

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Compromise effect

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Tendency to choose an alternative that represents a compromise

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Extremeness aversion

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Tendency to avoid extreme options

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Endowment effect

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The greater utility given to items which an individual already owns

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Framing effect

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A change in an individuals actions from the change in how a situation is presented

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Risk
Outcome is unknown but probability of each event is known
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Uncertainty
Probability is unknown
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Maximin rule
Best worst possible outcome
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Maximax rule
Best best possible outcome
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Hurwics rule
Weighted average of all possible outcomes
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Laplace rule
Assigns same probability to each outcome
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Minimax regret rule
Minimise possible regret
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St Petersburg paradox
The expected value of a game in which a player can win 2^n monetary value will be infinite
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Von Neumann-Morgenstern utilities
Utility numbers that describe an individuals preference over risky outcomes. Only unique up to positive affine transformation
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Utility Calculations
EV(x)=pw1+(1-p)w2 EUi(x)=Upw1+U(1-p)w2 Ui(CEi(x))=EUi(x) RPi(x)=EV(x)-CEi(x) Risk premium + : risk adverse - : risk loving 0 : risk neutral
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Outcome space
Set of all possible individual outcomes
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The Equiprobability rule
Equal probability of each of the outcomes
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The Everything rule
The probability of the entire outcome space is equal to one
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The not rule
The probability that an event will not occur P(¬a)=1-P(a)
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The And rule
If A and B are independent of each other, than the probability of A and B is the multiplied probability of each P(A&B)=P(A)*P(B)
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Conjunction fallacy
A fallacy of judgement that occurs when a combination of two or more attributes is judged to be more probable or likely than one of them on its own
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Independence
The probability of two events are not related P(A|B)=P(A) P(B|A)=P(B) P(A&B)=P(A)*P(B): The and rule
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Dependence, Conditional Probability
P(A&B)=P(A)*P(B|A)
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Mutually exclusive
P(A&B)=0
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Bayes' Theorem
P(A|B)=P(B|A)*P(A)/P(B)
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The Mere exposure effect
The tendency for individuals to form a liking or disliking for things merely because they are familiar with the thing
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Assumptions of Exponential discounting model
Preferences are time consistent: Hold the same 𝛿 when evaluating options Preferences do not vary with stakes: 𝛿 is the same regardless of the value of the utility Preferences are not reference-dependent: same 𝛿 regardless of whether consumption is in gains or losses
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Hyperbolic discounting
Time inconsistency: Preferences change with time, individuals are impulse and lack self-control
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Types of time-inconsistent individuals
Naïve type: They are unaware of their self-control problems. They make decisions based on the inaccurate assumption that their preferences are time-consistent Sophisticated type: They are aware of their self-control problems. They make decisions based on accurate predictions of their future
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Commitment device
Restricting one's choice set or menu in order to prevent unwanted behaviour
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Disjunction Fallacy
The tendency to underestimate the probability of a disjunction of events (A or B occurring)
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Planning Fallacy
Tendency for individuals or organisations to overestimate the probability of conjunction in relation to stages, components, or time
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Confirmation bias
The tendency for people to seek out information which agrees with their point of view
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Representativeness Heuristic
The tendency to estimate the probability that some outcome was the result of a given process by reference to the degree to which the outcome is representative of that process
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Base rate fallacy
The tendency for individuals to ignore the base rate probability
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Regret aversion
The tendency for individuals to behave in a way to minimize anticipated regret
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Allais paradox
Shows individuals do not behave in line with expected utility theory
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Attraction effect
The addition of a decoy to make another alternative look more attractive to individuals
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Loss aversion
The tendency for individuals for individuals to have a greater change in utility for a loss than an equal size gain
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Value Function
Measures the change in value relative to a reference point Find utility in each time period and weight it for the value function and whether it occurred
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Exponential discounting model
Delta Model Assumes time consistency
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Hyperbolic discounting
Beta-Delta Model Individuals lack self-control
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Gambler's Fallacy
The tendency for individuals to see two independence events as related
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Overconfidence
Tendency for individuals to over-estimate their own abilities
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Availability Bias
The tendency for individuals to place importance on information that comes easy to mind
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Maximin criterion
Greatest minimum payoff
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Maximax criterion
Greatest maximum payoff
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Minimax-risk criterion
Lowest maximum risk or regret
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Mental Accounting
The tendency for individuals to view the spending of money differently depending on how it is spent
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Integrated Outcomes
When outcomes are combined Integrate losses
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Segregate Outcomes
When outcomes are separate Segregate Gains
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Sure-thing principle
Individuals who decide they would take a certain action in case of an outcome whom would also do the same in neglection of the outcome, should do the same action is they knew nothing of the event
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Certainty effect
The tendency for individuals to predict disproportionally better outcomes than the probability
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Probability Weighting
Individuals assign a higher weight on low-probability events whilst assigning low weights on moderate or high-probability events

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