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An Axiomatization of Utility and Subjective Probability Based on Objective Probability

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  • Mamoru Kaneko

    (University of Tsukuba)

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This paper provides an axiomatic model based on an extraneous random device generating objective probabilities for the derivation of expected utilities and subjective probabilities. Four basic axioms fully determine a real-valued utility function and a finitely additive subjective probability measure. The restrictions of these axioms to lotteries depending only upon events of the random device yield the von Neumann-Morgenstern axioms.

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  • Mamoru Kaneko, 1985. "An Axiomatization of Utility and Subjective Probability Based on Objective Probability," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 746, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwl:cwldpp:746
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