Unbounded Expected Utility
Fishburn, Peter C.
Ann. Statist., Tome 3 (1975) no. 1, p. 884-896 / Harvested from Project Euclid
Let P be a convex set of finitely additive probability measures defined on a Boolean algebra of subsets of a set X of consequences. Axioms are specified for a preference relation $\prec$ on P which are necessary and sufficient for the existence of a real-valued utility function u on X for which expected utility E (u, p) is finite for all p in P and for which $p\precq$ iff E (u, p) > E (u, q), for all p and q in P. A slightly simpler set of axioms yields the same results when the algebra is a Borel algebra and every measure in P is countably additive. The axioms allow P to contain nonsimple probability measures without necessarily implying that the utility function u is bounded.
Publié le : 1975-07-14
Classification:  Expected utility,  unbounded utility,  convex sets of probability measures,  preference axioms,  62C05,  90A10,  06A75,  60A05,  90D35
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Fishburn, Peter C. Unbounded Expected Utility. Ann. Statist., Tome 3 (1975) no. 1, pp.  884-896. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176343189/