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The Value of Pre-Decision Side Bets for Utility Maximizers

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  • David E. Bell

    (Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02163)

Abstract

If an alternative is attractive only at certain wealth levels of a decision maker, typically above some critical level, then there will be occasions when it is better to enter into an independent side bet prior to making a decision, than to accept or reject the alternative outright.

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  • David E. Bell, 1988. "The Value of Pre-Decision Side Bets for Utility Maximizers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 34(6), pages 797-800, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:34:y:1988:i:6:p:797-800
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.34.6.797
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    1. Gollier, Christian & Lindsey, John & Zeckhauser, Richard J., 1997. "Investment Flexibility and the Acceptance of Risk," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 76(2), pages 219-241, October.
    2. Kim Kaivanto & David A. Peel, 2019. "Pre-Decision Side-Bet Sequences," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 39(1), pages 533-539.
    3. Otso Massala & Ilia Tsetlin, 2015. "Search Before Trade-offs Are Known," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 12(3), pages 105-121.
    4. Philippe Delquié, 2008. "The Value of Information and Intensity of Preference," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 5(3), pages 129-139, September.
    5. Jianping Yang & Chaoqun Zhao & Weiru Chen & Diwei Zhou & Shuguang Han, 2022. "Fraction-Degree Reference Dependent Stochastic Dominance," Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 1193-1219, June.
    6. Alfred Müller & Marco Scarsini & Ilia Tsetlin & Robert L. Winkler, 2017. "Between First- and Second-Order Stochastic Dominance," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 63(9), pages 2933-2947, September.

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