Arbeitspapier
The appeal of information transactions
An information transaction entails the purchase of information. Formally, it consists of an information structure together with a price. We develop an index of the appeal of information transactions, which is derived as a dual to the agent's preferences for information. The index of information transactions has a simple analytic characterization in terms of the relative entropy from priors to posteriors, and it also connects naturally with a recent index of riskiness.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2012-13
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Mathematical and Quantitative Methods: General
Index Numbers and Aggregation; Leading indicators
Microeconomics: General
Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: General
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Financial Economics: General
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
- Thema
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informativeness
information transactions
Kullback-Leibler divergence
relative entropy
decision under uncertainty
investment
Blackwell ordering
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Cabrales, Antonio
Gossner, Olivier
Serrano, Roberto
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Brown University, Department of Economics
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Providence, RI
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Cabrales, Antonio
- Gossner, Olivier
- Serrano, Roberto
- Brown University, Department of Economics
Entstanden
- 2012