Unbounded Behaviorally Consistent Stopping Rules.

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Year: 1994
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Pages: 231-38

Authors (2)

Karni, Edi (Johns Hopkins University) Safra, Zvi (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

In this article we study behaviorally consistent stopping rules in an unbounded search from a known distribution with no recall and with positive search cost. We show that if the searcher's preferences are quasi-convex in the probabilities, then behaviorally consistent search strategies in the unbounded case are obtained as limits of the corresponding bounded search strategies and are characterized by reservation levels property. Unlike optimal stopping rules under expected utility theory, however, the reservation levels may not be monotonically increasing in the number of permissible stages of the search process, and, in the unbounded case, may not be unique. Copyright 1994 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:kap:jrisku:v:9:y:1994:i:3:p:231-38
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25