Allais paradox

The Allais paradox is a choice problem designed by Maurice Allais in 1953 to show an inconsistency of actual observed choices with the predictions of expected utility theory. The Allais paradox demonstrates that individuals rarely make rational decisions consistently when required to do so immediately.

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Allais paradox

The Allais paradox is a choice problem designed by Maurice Allais in 1953 to show an inconsistency of actual observed choices with the predictions of expected utility theory. The Allais paradox demonstrates that individuals rarely make rational decisions consistently when required to do so immediately.

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