The sure-thing principle and P2
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Publication Date
2017-10-01Journal Title
Economics Letters
ISSN
0165-1765
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
159
Pages
221-223
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Article
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Liu, Y. (2017). The sure-thing principle and P2. Economics Letters, 159 221-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.07.027
Abstract
This paper offers a fine analysis of different versions of the well known sure-thing principle. We show that Savage's formal formulation of the principle, i.e., his second postulate (P2), is strictly stronger than what is intended originally.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.07.027
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269957
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