Title Expected utility without full transitivity
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چکیده
We generalize the classical expected-utility criterion by weakening transitivity to Suzumura consistency. In the absence of full transitivity, reflexivity and completeness no longer follow as a consequence of the system of axioms employed and a richer class of rankings of probability distributions results. This class is characterized by means of standard expected-utility axioms in addition to Suzumura consistency. An important feature of some members of our new class is that they allow us to soften the negative impact of wellknown paradoxes without abandoning the expected-utility framework altogether. Journal of Economic Literature Classification No.: D81. ∗ Financial support from a Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan for the Project on Economic Analysis of Intergenerational Issues (grant number 22000001), the Fonds de Recherche sur la Société et la Culture of Québec, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada is gratefully acknowledged.
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Expected utility without full transitivity
We generalize the classical expected-utility criterion by weakening transitivity to the conjunction of transitive indifference and Suzumura consistency. In the absence of full transitivity, completeness no longer follows as a consequence of the system of axioms employed and a richer class of rankings of probability distributions results. This class is characterized by means of standard expected...
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