Allais paradox

apparent violation of the predictions of expected utility theory
Event psychological_experiment Q1890213
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Allais paradox

Summary

Allais paradox is a psychological experiment[1]. It draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (psychological_experiment category, ranking #15 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • Allais paradox is credited with the discovery of Maurice Allais[3].
  • Allais paradox's instance of is recorded as psychological experiment[4].
  • Allais paradox's instance of is recorded as paradox[5].
  • Maurice Allais is named after Allais paradox[6].
  • Allais paradox's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1953-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Allais paradox's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08_hph[8].
  • Allais paradox's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000343054[9].
  • Allais paradox's defining formula is recorded as \begin{aligned}&\begin{matrix}X&\$1\,000\,000\;(p=1)\X'&\$1\,000\,000\;(p=0.89)\quad\$5\,000\,000\;(p=0.1)\quad\$0\;(p=0.01)\Y&\$1\,000\,000\;(p=0.11)\quad\$0\;(p=0.89)\Y'&\$5\,000\,000\;(p=0.05)\quad\$0\;(p=0.95)\end{matrix}\&X\succ X'\&Y\prec Y'\end{aligned}[10].
  • Allais paradox's MathWorld ID is recorded as AllaisParadox[11].
  • Allais paradox's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].
  • Allais paradox's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778342872[13].
  • Allais paradox's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as paradoks-alle-9da17d[14].

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Works and Contributions

Allais paradox is credited with the discovery of Maurice Allais[3].

Why It Matters

Allais paradox draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (psychological_experiment category, ranking #15 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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