Uncertainty in Economic Theory Contributor(s): Gilboa, Itzhak (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415324947 ISBN-13: 9780415324946 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $308.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Recent decades have witnessed developments in decision theory that propose an alternative to the accepted Bayesian view. According to this view, all uncertainty can be quantified by probability measures. This view has been criticized on empirical as well as conceptual grounds. David Schmeidler has offered an alternative way of thinking about decision under uncertainty, which has become popular in recent years. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory |
Dewey: 330.015 |
LCCN: 2004041864 |
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy (Numbered) |
Physical Information: 1.43" H x 6.12" W x 9.46" (2.21 lbs) 576 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume brings together important papers, coupled with new introductions, in the massively influential area of uncertainty in economic theory. Seminal papers are available together for the first time in book format, with new introductions and under the steely editorship of Itzhak Gilboa - this book is a useful reference tool for economists all over the globe. |