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STICERD Economic Theory Seminars

Decision Making Under Multidimensional Risk

Mu Zhang (Michigan), joint with Shaowei Ke (CEIBS)

Thursday 14 November 2024 15:30 - 17:00

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About this event

Choice alternatives are often multidimensional and risky, but how to model a decision maker's evaluation of them is unclear. Three popular approaches are in sharp contrast: One aggregates all dimensions before evaluating risk, one does it reversely, and one evaluates each dimension's risk recursively. We characterize a hierarchical expected utility model that generalizes these approaches. The decision maker's preference reveals how she brackets and orders the dimensions, based on which she evaluates risk recursively. We analyze the model's uniqueness properties and characterize several special cases. We study the model's implications in contexts of group inequality, multisource income, and time lotteries.

Economic Theory Seminars are held on Thursdays in term time at 15:30-17:00, both ONLINE and IN PERSON in SAL 3.05.

Seminar organisers: Dr Andrew Ellis and Dr Christopher Sandmann.

For further information please contact Sadia Ali: s.ali43@lse.ac.uk.

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