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Comment on “A Model of Probabilistic Choice Satisfying First-Order Stochastic Dominance” by Pavlo Blavatskyy

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  • Graham Loomes

    (Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom)

  • Inmaculada Rodríguez-Puerta

    (Department of Economics, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain)

  • Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades

    (Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA, United Kingdom)

Abstract

We present examples of existing evidence that lead us to be cautious about claims made in the original paper [Blavatskyy PR (2011) A model of probabilistic choice satisfying first-order stochastic dominance. Management Sci. 57(3):542--548] that the proposed model provides a better fit to experimental data than do existing models. We raise concerns about the accuracy of this and other assertions and about the adequacy of the comparisons made with alternative models in the existing literature. This paper was accepted by Rakesh Sarin, decision analysis .

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  • Graham Loomes & Inmaculada Rodríguez-Puerta & Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades, 2014. "Comment on “A Model of Probabilistic Choice Satisfying First-Order Stochastic Dominance” by Pavlo Blavatskyy," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 60(5), pages 1346-1350, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:60:y:2014:i:5:p:1346-1350
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1810
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