Subjective Causality

Yotam Alexander, Itzhak Gilboa

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Abstract

When do people tend to believe that a phenomenon x was the cause of a subsequent phenomenon y? We suggest that the subjective sense of causality would emerge only if x explains y, for example, in the sense of reducing its Kolmogorov complexity. We also discuss the relationship of explanation to predictability as sources of the subjective sense of causality in more general set-ups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)619-633
Number of pages15
JournalRevue Economique
Volume74
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Nov 2023

Keywords

  • Kolmogorov complexity
  • causality

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Economics,Econometrics and Finance

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