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Stochastic Dominance and Opaque Sweetening
Australasian Journal of Philosophy 96 (3):498-507 (2018)
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ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the problem of opaque sweetening and argues that one should use stochastic dominance in comparing lotteries even when dealing with incomplete orderings that allow for non-comparable outcomes.Author's Profile
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Citations of this work
Better Foundations for Subjective Probability.Sven Neth - forthcoming - Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
Fixing Stochastic Dominance.Jeffrey Sanford Russell - forthcoming - The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
Infinite Aggregation and Risk.Hayden Wilkinson - 2023 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 101 (2):340-359.
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Decision theory for agents with incomplete preferences.Adam Bales, Daniel Cohen & Toby Handfield - 2014 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 92 (3):453-70.
Subjective expected utility: A review of normative theories. [REVIEW]Peter C. Fishburn - 1981 - Theory and Decision 13 (2):139-199.
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