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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Strength of preference and decisions under risk |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | Working paper series / Department of Economics |
| Number | 330 |
| ISSN | 1664-705X |
| Number of Pages | 26 |
| Date | 2022 |
| Abstract Text | Influential economic approaches as random utility models assume a monotonic relation between choice frequencies and “strength of preference,” in line with widespread evidence from the cognitive sciences, which also document an inverse relation to response times. However, for economic decisions under risk, these effects are largely untested, because models used to fit data assume them. Further, the dimension underlying strength of preference remains unclear in economics, with candidates including payoff-irrelevant numerical magnitudes. We provide a systematic, out-of-sample empirical validation of these relations (both for choices and response times) relying on both a new experimental design and simulations. |
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| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:18365 |
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| Keywords | Stochastic choice, strength of preference, decision errors, risk attitude, Entscheidungsfindung, Skalierung, Risikoverhalten, Nutzenfunktion |
| Additional Information | Revised version ; Former title: Strength of preference and decision making under risk |