I have one question on the problem set that asks you to think about how you would handle a decision: whether to gamble, based on efficient — based on expected utility theory.

我在问题集中有一个问题，要求你们如果处理一个决定：不管是否为博弈，请给予效率或期望效用理论。

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Quitting a high-paying position, if it is your decision, will seem a better payoff than the utility of the money involved (this may seem crazy, but I've tried it and it works).

只要是你的决定，放弃一份高薪职位带来的回报会超过金钱带给你的效用(这似乎很疯狂，但我试过并且确实如此)。

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At the outset, the decision-maker has a "utility function" or a "preference ordering" that ranks all sets of consequences from the most preferred to the least preferred.

在一开始，决策制定者就拥有一种“效用函数”或“偏好排序”把所有结果集合从最喜欢的到最不喜欢的排列起来。

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Both times he declined, explaining that the final decision was up to the local utility regulators.

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One set of authors concluded that the reversal effect was inconsistent not only with utility theory but also with every existing theory of economic decision-making.

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The Third Circuit agreed in a decision that appears to set stricter new rules for class actions in its district even while upholding the utility of the mechanism.

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