Sinn, Hans-Werner (2002): Weber’s Law and the Biological Evolution of Risk Preferences: The Selective Dominance of the Logarithmic Utility Function. CESifo Working Paper, 770 |
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Abstract
The paper offers a proof that expected utility maximisation with logarithmic utility is a dominant preference in the biological selection process in the sense that a population following any other preference for decision-making under risk will, with a probability that approaches certainty, disappear relative to the population following this preference as time goes to infinity. The result is contrasted with Weber’s and Fechner’s Psychophysical Law which implies logarithmic sensation functions for objective physical stimuli.
Item Type: | Paper (Discussion Paper) |
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Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > Chair for Public Economics |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
Language: | English |
ID Code: | 19617 |
Deposited On: | 15. Apr 2014 08:52 |
Last Modified: | 29. Apr 2016 09:17 |
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