No‐Betting‐Pareto Dominance

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Journal: Econometrica
Year: 2014
Volume: 82
Issue: 4
Pages: 1405-1442

Authors (3)

Score contribution per author:

2.681 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We argue that the notion of Pareto dominance is not as compelling in the presence of uncertainty as it is under certainty. In particular, voluntary trade based on differences in tastes is commonly accepted as desirable, because tastes cannot be wrong. By contrast, voluntary trade based on incompatible beliefs may indicate that at least one agent entertains mistaken beliefs. We propose and characterize a weaker, No‐Betting, notion of Pareto domination which requires, on top of unanimity of preference, the existence of shared beliefs that can rationalize such preference for each agent.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:emetrp:v:82:y:2014:i:4:p:1405-1442
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25