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Calibrating the Subjective

Theoretical Economics 2025-06-05 v2

Abstract

I conduct Rabin's (2000) calibration exercise in the subjective expected utility realm. I show that the rejection of some risky bet by a risk-averse agent only implies the rejection of more extreme and less desirable bets and nothing more.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2412.18486,
  title  = {Calibrating the Subjective},
  author = {Mark Whitmeyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.18486},
  year   = {2025}
}
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