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arXiv 1808.00296econ.TH
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动态随机主观期望效用

Dynamic Random Subjective Expected Utility

Jetlir Duraj

摘要:

动态随机主观期望效用(DR-SEU)允许对从代理或代理群体观察到的选择数据进行建模,所述代理或代理群体的关于客观回报相关状态和品味的信念都可以随机地演变。与决策理论中以前的工作相反,我们的可观察的、增强的随机选择函数(aSCF)允许直接测试代理的信念是否反映真实的数据生成过程,条件是他们的私人信息以及识别可能不正确的信念。我们给出了一个公理化的表征时,代理满足的模型,无论是在一个静态的,以及在一个动态的设置。我们看看的情况下,当代理人有正确的信念,客观国家的演变,以及在案件时,她的信念是不正确的,但不可预见的意外是不可能的。我们还区分了两个子变量的动态模型相吻合的静态设置:不断发展的SEU,其中一个复杂的代理的效用根据贝尔曼方程和渐进学习,其中代理正在学习她的口味。我们证明了容易和自然的比较静态分析结果的程度上的信念不正确,以及对学习的速度有关的味道。在线附录中包含的辅助结果从技术和概念的角度扩展了以前在菜单选择和随机选择文献中的决策理论工作。

英文摘要:

Dynamic Random Subjective Expected Utility (DR-SEU) allows to model choice data observed from an agent or a population of agents whose beliefs about objective payoff-relevant states and tastes can both evolve stochastically. Our observable, the augmented Stochastic Choice Function (aSCF) allows, in contrast to previous work in decision theory, for a direct test of whether the agent's beliefs reflect the true data-generating process conditional on their private information as well as identification of the possibly incorrect beliefs. We give an axiomatic characterization of when an agent satisfies the model, both in a static as well as in a dynamic setting. We look at the case when the agent has correct beliefs about the evolution of objective states as well as at the case when her beliefs are incorrect but unforeseen contingencies are impossible. We also distinguish two subvariants of the dynamic model which coincide in the static setting: Evolving SEU, where a sophisticated agent's utility evolves according to a Bellman equation and Gradual Learning, where the agent is learning about her taste. We prove easy and natural comparative statics results on the degree of belief incorrectness as well as on the speed of learning about taste. Auxiliary results contained in the online appendix extend previous decision theory work in the menu choice and stochastic choice literature from a technical as well as a conceptual perspective.

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