Money-Pump Arguments (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108718950)

Suppose that you prefer A to B, B to C, and C to A. Your preferences violate Expected Utility Theory by being cyclic. Money-pump arguments offer a way to show that such violations are irrational. Suppose that you start with A. Then you should be willing to trade A for C and then C for B. But then, once you have B, you are offered a trade back to A for a small cost. Since you prefer A to B, you pay the small sum to trade from B to A. But now you have been turned into a money pump. You are back to the alternative you started with but with less money. This Element shows how each of the axioms of Expected Utility Theory can be defended by money-pump arguments of this kind. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author: Johan E. Gustafsson
ISBN-10: 1108718957
ISBN-13: 9781108718950
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2022
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d