A Note on the Continuity of Expected Utility Functions

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Main Author: Hosoya, Yuhki
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Published: 2023
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contents In this paper, we study the continuity of expected utility functions, and derive a necessary and sufficient condition for a weak order on the space of simple probabilities to have a continuous expected utility function. We also verify that almost the same condition is necessary and sufficient for a weak order on the space of probabilities with compact-support to have a continuous expected utility function.
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spellingShingle A Note on the Continuity of Expected Utility Functions
Hosoya, Yuhki
Theoretical Economics
91B06, 91A30
In this paper, we study the continuity of expected utility functions, and derive a necessary and sufficient condition for a weak order on the space of simple probabilities to have a continuous expected utility function. We also verify that almost the same condition is necessary and sufficient for a weak order on the space of probabilities with compact-support to have a continuous expected utility function.
title A Note on the Continuity of Expected Utility Functions
topic Theoretical Economics
91B06, 91A30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.16806