
Probability
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- PROBABILITY
- Contents
- 1 General questions
- 2 The various approaches to probability theory
- 2.1 Classical probability
- 2.2 Frequency-based (or empirical) approach
- 2.3 The subjective approach: its relevance to Economics and Management
- 3 The axiomatic approach, or the maths of probability
- 3.1 Sample space and events
- 3.2 The axioms
- 4 Random numbers
- 4.1 What a random number is
- 4.2 The probability distribution of a random number
- 4.3 Computer simulation of random numbers
- 5 Expected value of (a function of) a random number
- 5.1 Moments
- 5.2 Moment generating function
- 5.3 Conditional random numbers and conditional expectations
- 5.4 A brief summary of standard distributions
- 6 Expected utility and certainty equivalent
- 6.1 The problem
- 6.2 The answer to the problem
- 6.3 The estimation of u
- 6.4 The notion of risk-aversion
- 6.5 Some popular utility functions
- 7 Random vectors: first notions
- 7.1 Notion of random vector
- 7.2 The probability distribution of a random vector
- 7.3 The notion of stochastic independence between two random numbers
- 7.4 The expectation of a random vector
- 7.5 The expectation of a function of a random vector
- 7.6 Second order moments for random vectors
- 7.7 The variance of a linear function of random numbers
- 8 Exercises
- References
- Index
- Back cover
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