American Economic Journal:
Microeconomics
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On the Experimental Robustness of the Allais Paradox
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
vol. 14,
no. 1, February 2022
(pp. 143–63)
Abstract
The Allais Paradox, or the common consequence effect, is a well-known behavioral regularity in individual decision-making under risk. Data from 81 experiments reported in 29 studies reveal that the Allais Paradox is a fragile empirical finding. The Allais Paradox is likely to be observed in experiments with high hypothetical payoffs, the medium outcome being close to the highest outcome and when lotteries are presented as a probability distribution (not in a compound form). The Allais Paradox is likely to be reversed in experiments when the probability mass is equally split between the lowest and highest outcomes in risky lotteries.Citation
Blavatskyy, Pavlo, Andreas Ortmann, and Valentyn Panchenko. 2022. "On the Experimental Robustness of the Allais Paradox." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 14 (1): 143–63. DOI: 10.1257/mic.20190153Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D44 Auctions
- D81 Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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