Establishing the laws of preferential choice behavior

Abstract Mathematical and computational decision models are powerful tools for studying choice behavior, hundreds of distinct have been proposed over the long interdisciplinary history making research. The existence so many has led to theoretical fragmentation redundancy, obscuring key insights into preventing consensus about essential properties preferential choice. We provide a synthesis formal risky, multiattribute, intertemporal choice, three important domains in making. identify recurring discovered by scholars different generations disciplines across these domains, use classify 150 existing as involving various combinations eight mathematical properties. These capture main avenues development research can be used understand similarities differences between models, aiding both analyses empirical tests.