“Le comportement de l’homme rationnel devant le risque”
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“Le comportement de l’homme rationnel devant le risque” is a seminal 1953 paper by Maurice Allais that introduced the Allais paradox and challenged the expected utility theory of decision-making under risk.
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| “Le comportement de l’homme rationnel devant le risque” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22191594 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Le comportement de l’homme rationnel devant le risque” Context triple: [Allais paradox, describedIn, “Le comportement de l’homme rationnel devant le risque”]
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Risk, Ambiguity and the Savage Axioms
"Risk, Ambiguity and the Savage Axioms" is a seminal 1961 paper by Daniel Ellsberg that challenges expected utility theory by demonstrating how people systematically prefer known risks over ambiguous ones, a phenomenon now known as the Ellsberg paradox.
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Notes on the Theory of Choice
Notes on the Theory of Choice is a concise graduate-level text in microeconomic theory that rigorously develops individual decision-making and choice under uncertainty, widely used as a foundational reference in modern economic analysis.
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Risk, Uncertainty and Profit
Risk, Uncertainty and Profit is a foundational 1921 work in economics that distinguishes measurable risk from unmeasurable uncertainty and links entrepreneurial profit to bearing such uncertainty.
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Essai philosophique sur les probabilités
Essai philosophique sur les probabilités is a philosophical treatise by Pierre-Simon Laplace that explores the interpretation and implications of probability theory for human knowledge and decision-making.
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expected utility theory (with John von Neumann)
Expected utility theory (with John von Neumann) is a foundational framework in economics and decision theory that models how rational agents make choices under uncertainty by maximizing the expected value of a utility function.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Le comportement de l’homme rationnel devant le risque” Target entity description: “Le comportement de l’homme rationnel devant le risque” is a seminal 1953 paper by Maurice Allais that introduced the Allais paradox and challenged the expected utility theory of decision-making under risk.
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A.
Risk, Ambiguity and the Savage Axioms
"Risk, Ambiguity and the Savage Axioms" is a seminal 1961 paper by Daniel Ellsberg that challenges expected utility theory by demonstrating how people systematically prefer known risks over ambiguous ones, a phenomenon now known as the Ellsberg paradox.
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B.
Notes on the Theory of Choice
Notes on the Theory of Choice is a concise graduate-level text in microeconomic theory that rigorously develops individual decision-making and choice under uncertainty, widely used as a foundational reference in modern economic analysis.
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C.
Risk, Uncertainty and Profit
Risk, Uncertainty and Profit is a foundational 1921 work in economics that distinguishes measurable risk from unmeasurable uncertainty and links entrepreneurial profit to bearing such uncertainty.
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D.
Essai philosophique sur les probabilités
Essai philosophique sur les probabilités is a philosophical treatise by Pierre-Simon Laplace that explores the interpretation and implications of probability theory for human knowledge and decision-making.
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E.
expected utility theory (with John von Neumann)
Expected utility theory (with John von Neumann) is a foundational framework in economics and decision theory that models how rational agents make choices under uncertainty by maximizing the expected value of a utility function.
- F. None of above. chosen
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