The Lottery Problem for Ranking Theory
Abstract Ranking Theory has been developed as an alternative to subjec- tive probability for modelling partial belief. It goes further than probability in that it jointly models both full and partial belief. One selling feature is that the Lottery Paradox does not arise in Ranking Theory. However, all is not well when it comes to modelling lottery beliefs with ranks. In this paper, I show how lotteries create problems for Ranking Theory.
Authors
- Gerrit Neels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-5270)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Analysis
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaf074
- Primary Topic
- Game Theory and Voting Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00