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Preference for Information and Dynamic Consistency

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  • Simon Grant
  • Atsushi Kajii
  • Ben Polak

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We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for a dynamically consistent agent always to prefer more informative signals (in single-agent problems). These conditions do not imply recursivity, reduction or independence. We provide a simple definition of dynamically consistent behavior, and we discuss whether an intrinsic information lover (say, an anxious person) is likely to be dynamically consistent.
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  • Simon Grant & Atsushi Kajii & Ben Polak, 2000. "Preference for Information and Dynamic Consistency," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 48(3), pages 263-286, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:theord:v:48:y:2000:i:3:p:263-286
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1005298409014
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    Keywords

    Information; Non-expected utility; Dynamic consistency; Randomization; Anxiety;
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    JEL classification:

    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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