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Robustness.

The standard theory of decision making under uncertainty advises the decision maker to form a statistical model linking outcomes to decisions and then to choose the optimal distribution of outcomes. This assumes that the decision maker trusts the model completely. But what should a decision maker do...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hansen, Lars Peter (Autor), Sargent, Thomas J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The standard theory of decision making under uncertainty advises the decision maker to form a statistical model linking outcomes to decisions and then to choose the optimal distribution of outcomes. This assumes that the decision maker trusts the model completely. But what should a decision maker do if the model cannot be trusted? Lars Hansen and Thomas Sargent, two leading macroeconomists, push the field forward as they set about answering this question. They adapt robust control techniques and apply them to economics. By using this theory to let decision makers acknowledge misspecification i.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (454 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-425) and indexes.
ISBN:9781400829385
1400829380