Simon Grant

Rice University - Department of Economics

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1.

Expected Utility Theory

INSEAD Business School Research Paper No. 2007/71/EPS
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Nov 2007
Simon Grant and Timothy Van Zandt
Rice University - Department of Economics and INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences
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First Author Conditions

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First Author Conditions

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Jun 1998
Maxim Engers, Joshua S. Gans, Simon Grant and Stephen P. King
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Rice University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics
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First-Author Conditions

Posted: 16 Aug 1999
Maxim Engers, Joshua S. Gans, Simon Grant and Stephen P. King
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Rice University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics

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Generalized Utilitarianism and Harsanyi's Impartial Observer Theorem

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1578
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 27 Sep 2006
Simon Grant, Atsushi Kajii, Ben Polak and Zvi Safra
Rice University - Department of Economics, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Yale University - Department of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Faculty of Management
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Generalized utilitarianism, Impartial observer, Social welfare function, Fairness, Ex ante egalitarianism

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A Theory of Quantifiable Beliefs

ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics No. 338
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Jan 2001
Edi Karni and Simon Grant
Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics and Rice University - Department of Economics
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subjective probability, quantifiable beliefs, state-dependent preferences, probabilistic sophistication, non-expected utility

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Mean-Dispersion Preferences and Constant Absolute Uncertainty Aversion

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1805
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Jun 2011
Simon Grant and Ben Polak
Rice University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Department of Economics
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ambiguity aversion, translation invariance, dispersion, uncertainty, probabilistic sophistication

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Worst- and Best-Case Expected Utility and Ordinal Metautility

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 May 2019 Last Revised: 04 May 2020
Simon Grant, Patricia Rich and Jack Douglas Stecher
Rice University - Department of Economics, University of Bayreuth and University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems
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ambiguity, pessimism, optimism, expected utility

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Learning Under Unawareness

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Feb 2018
Simon Grant, Idione Meneghel and Rabee Tourky
Rice University - Department of Economics, Australian National University (ANU) and University of Queensland - School of Economics
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learning, unawareness, ambiguity

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Ambiguity and the Centipede Game: Strategic Uncertainty in Multi-Stage Games

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Aug 2017
Jürgen Eichberger, David Kelsey and Simon Grant
Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics, University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics and Rice University - Department of Economics
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Probabilistic Sophistication and Stochastic Monotonicity in the Savage Framework

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1621
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Aug 2007
Simon Grant, Hatice Ozsoy and Ben Polak
Rice University - Department of Economics, California Institute of Technology and Yale University - Department of Economics
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Subjective probability; Probabilistic sophistication, Stochastic monotonicity, Sure-thing principle, Cumulative dominance

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Accidents of Birth, Life Chances and the Impartial Observer

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 31 Jul 2003
Simon Grant, Atsushi Kajii and Ben Polak
Rice University - Department of Economics, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University and Yale University - Department of Economics
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impartial observer, generalized utilitarian social welfare functions, reduction axiom, inequality of what?

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Public Investment and the Risk Premium for Equity

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Apr 2003
Simon Grant and John Quiggin
Rice University - Department of Economics and University of Queensland - Business School
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Randomisation and Dynamic Consistency

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 May 2014
Jürgen Eichberger, Simon Grant and David Kelsey
Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics, Rice University - Department of Economics and University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics
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ambiguity, ex ante and ex post randomization, dynamic consistency, smooth ambiguity

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When is Ambiguity-Attitude Constant?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3768
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Apr 2012
Jürgen Eichberger, Simon Grant and David Kelsey
Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics, Rice University - Department of Economics and University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics
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ambiguity, generalized Bayesian update, learning, dynamic consistency, Choquet Expected Utility

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Why Does it Matter that Beliefs and Valuations Be Correctly Represented?

International Economic Review, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 917-934, August 2005
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Jul 2005
Simon Grant and Edi Karni
Rice University - Department of Economics and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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The Risk Premium for Equity: Implications for Resource Allocation, Welfare and Policy

Australian Economic Papers, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 253-268, September 2006
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Aug 2006
Simon Grant and John Quiggin
Rice University - Department of Economics and University of Queensland - Business School
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Noise Pollution: Why Optimal Contracts Expose Managers to Short-Term Market Movements

Posted: 07 Sep 1999
Gerald T. Garvey, Simon Grant and Stephen P. King
Blackrock, Rice University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics

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Dynamically Consistent Preferences with Quadratic Beliefs

JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY, Vol 14 No 2
Posted: 30 Apr 1997
Jürgen Eichberger and Simon Grant
Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics and Rice University - Department of Economics

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