THEORIES OF CHOICE UNDER IGNORANCE AND UNCERTAINTY
考察奈特对风险与不确定性的区分及其对经济分析的意义,综述不确定性下选择理论的最新发展,并应用于金融保险和彩票风险行为等贝叶斯决策理论不完善的问题。
Abstract. In this paper, Knight's distinction between risk and uncertainty, and its significance for economic analysis are examined. The paper consists of a survey of some recent developments on the theory of choice under uncertainty and some applications of these theories to problems for which Bayesian Decision Theory has not proved entirely satisfactory. Two problems are examined in detail. The first is that of finance and insurance and the second is that of risktaking behaviour with special emphasis on lotteries.