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A canon of probabilistic rationality

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  • Cerreia-Vioglio, Simone
  • Lindberg, Per Olov
  • Maccheroni, Fabio
  • Marinacci, Massimo
  • Rustichini, Aldo

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We prove that a random choice rule satisfies Luce's Choice Axiom if and only if its support is a choice correspondence that satisfies the Weak Axiom of Revealed Preference, thus it consists of alternatives that are optimal according to some preference, and then random choice occurs according to a tie-breaking mechanism among such alternatives that satisfies Renyi's Conditioning Axiom.

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  • Cerreia-Vioglio, Simone & Lindberg, Per Olov & Maccheroni, Fabio & Marinacci, Massimo & Rustichini, Aldo, 2021. "A canon of probabilistic rationality," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jetheo:v:196:y:2021:i:c:s002205312100106x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2021.105289
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    Random choice; Weak axiom of revealed preferences; Choice axiom;
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    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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