Beliefs, Interactions and Preferences in Decision Making mixes a selection of papers, presented at the Eighth Foundations and Applications of Utility and Risk Theory (FUR VIII') conference in Mons, Belgium, together with a few solicited papers from well-known authors in the field.
This book addresses some of the questions that have recently emerged in the research on decision-making and risk theory. In particular, authors have modeled more and more as interactions between the individual and the environment or between different individuals the emergence of beliefs as well as the...

Beliefs, Interactions and Preferences in Decision Making mixes a selection of papers, presented at the Eighth Foundations and Applications of Utility and Risk Theory (FUR VIII') conference in Mons, Belgium, together with a few solicited papers from well-known authors in the field.
This book addresses some of the questions that have recently emerged in the research on decision-making and risk theory. In particular, authors have modeled more and more as interactions between the individual and the environment or between different individuals the emergence of beliefs as well as the...

Models and Experiments in Risk and Rationality presents original contributions to the areas of individual choice, experimental economics, operations and analysis, multiple criteria decision making, market uncertainty, game theory and social choice. The papers, which were presented at the FUR VI conference, are arranged to appear in order of increasing complexity of the decision environment or social context in which they situate themselves.
The first section Psychological Aspects of Risk-Bearing', considers choice at the purely individual level and for the most part, free of...

Financial support from the following institutions, in addition to the personal contributions of the 200 parti- cipants, made the conference an enjoyable event - Universite d' Aix-Narseille III - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - City of Aix-en-Provence - Faculte d'Economie Appliquee - G.R.A.S.C.E. Association Fran~aise de Science economique - Air France - Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Marseille - Chambre Regionale de Commerce et d'Industrie (Provence - Alpes - Cote d'Azur - Corse) - Compagnie Fran~aise des Petroles - Conseil General des Bouches-du-Rhone - Conseil Regional...