227 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book, Professor Kreps presents a first course on the basic models of choice theory that underlie much of economic theory. This course, taught for several years at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, gives the student an introduction to the axiomatic method of economic analysis, without placing too heavy a demand on mathematical sophistication.The course begins with the... Read more
* Introduction * Preference Relations and Revealed Preference * Ordinal Utility * Choice Under Uncertainty: Formulations and Representations * Von NewmannMorgenstern Expected Utility * Utility Functions for Money * Horse Race Lotteries and Roulette Wheels * Subjective Probability * Savages Theory of Choice Under Uncertainty * Conditional Preference, Conditional Probability, and Contingent Choice * Independence, Exchangeability, and de Finettis Theorem * Normative Uses of These Models on SubprobleMs. Dynamic Choice Theory and the Choice of Opportunity Sets * The Experimental Evidence
Biography
David Kreps
