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Gradual Pairwise Comparison and Stochastic Choice

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  • Rohan DUTTA

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Guided by evidence from eye-tracking studies of choice, pairwise comparison is assumed to be the building block of the decision-making procedure. A decision-maker with a rational preference may nevertheless consider the constituent pairwise comparisons gradually. Facing a choice problem she may be unable to complete all relevant comparisons and choose with equal odds from alternatives not found inferior. Stochastic choice data consistent with such behaviour is characterized and used to infer the underlying preference relation and the order of pairwise comparisons. The choice procedure offers a novel rationale for behavioural phenomena such as the similarity, attraction and compromise effects.

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  • Rohan DUTTA, 2018. "Gradual Pairwise Comparison and Stochastic Choice," Cahiers de recherche 23-2018, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ.
    • Handle: RePEc:mtl:montec:23-2018
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    2. Bhardwaj, Bhavook & Manocha, Kriti, 2025. "Choice by rejection," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    3. Kremena Valkanova, 2024. "Markov Stochastic Choice," Papers 2410.22001, arXiv.org.

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    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making

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