Generalizations of risk-weighted expected utility
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