Generalizations of risk-weighted expected utility

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Authors: Kenny Easwaran
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Abstract

Abstract Buchak’s risk-weighted expected utility considers not just the probability of an outcome, but also the probability of getting a strictly better outcome, when weighting the contribution that outcome gives to the evaluation of a gamble. It uses a risk-weighting function $R$ sending probabilities in $\left[ {0,1} \right]$ to decision weights $\left[ {0,1} \right]$ . I adapt this to allow weights in any real interval. Finite intervals yield nothing new, but if the interval is infinite, then the resulting rule can incorporate maximin or maximax preferences (or both!) while still satisfying stochastic dominance. There are advantages to working with marginal risk-weighting, $R$ ’s derivative, $r$ .

Fields of Study & Subjects

Health Systems Economic Evaluations Quality of Life Risk and Portfolio Optimization Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Publication details

Journal / source
Economics and Philosophy
Pages
1–28
Publication date
2 January 2026
Language
EN