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Bayesianism without Learning

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Dov Samet (Faculty of Management Tel Aviv University)
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According to the standard definition, a Bayesian agent is one who forms his posterior belief by conditioning his prior belief on what he has learned, that is, on facts of which he has become certain. Here it is shown that Bayesianism can be described without assuming that the agent acquires any certain information; an agent is Bayesian if his prior, when conditioned on his posterior belief, agrees with the latter. This condition is shown to characterize Bayesian models.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Game Theory and Information with number 9902004.

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Length: 17 pages
Date of creation: 23 Feb 1999
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Keywords: Bayesian updating prior and posterior

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C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search, Learning, and Information

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  1. Heifetz, Aviad & Samet, Dov, 1998. "Topology-Free Typology of Beliefs," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 82(2), pages 324-341, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Dov Samet, 1998. "Quantified beliefs and believed quantities," Game Theory and Information 9805003, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Ehud Lehrer & Dov Samet, 2003. "Agreeing to agree," Game Theory and Information 0310005, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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