Continuous subjective expected utility with non-additive probabilities


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volume 18, issue 1 pp 1-27.
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A well-known theorem of Debreu about additive representations of preferences is applied in a non-additive context, to characterize continuous subjective expected utility maximization for the case where the probability measures may be non-additive. The approach of this paper does not need the assumption that lotteries with known (objective) probability distributions over consequences are available.



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