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Stochastic dominance is a partial order between random variables.^[1]^[2] It is a form of stochastic ordering. The concept arises in decision theory and decision analysis in situations where one gamble (a probability distribution over possible outcomes, also known as prospects) can be ranked as superior to another gamble for a broad class of decision-makers. It is based on shared preferences regarding sets of possible outcomes and their associated probabilities. Only limited knowledge of preferences is required for determining dominance. Risk aversion is a factor only in second order stochastic dominance.

Stochastic dominance does not give a total order, but rather only a partial order: for some pairs of gambles, neither one stochastically dominates the other, since different members of the broad class of decision-makers will differ regarding which gamble is preferable without them generally being considered to be equally attractive.

Throughout the article, $\rho ,\nu$ stand for probability distributions on $\mathbb {R}$ , while $A,B,X,Y,Z$ stand for particular random variables on $\mathbb {R}$ . The notation $X\sim \rho$ means that $X$ has distribution $\rho$ .

There are a sequence of stochastic dominance orderings, from first $\succeq _{1}$ , to second $\succeq _{2}$ , to higher orders $\succeq _{n}$ . The sequence is increasingly more inclusive. That is, if $\rho \succeq _{n}\nu$ , then $\rho \succeq _{k}\nu$ for all $k\leq n$ . Further, there exists $\rho ,\nu$ such that $\rho \succeq _{n+1}\nu$ but not $\rho \succeq _{n}\nu$ .

Stochastic dominance could trace back to (Blackwell, 1953),^[3] but it was not developed until 1969–1970.^[4]

^ Hadar, J.; Russell, W. (1969). "Rules for Ordering Uncertain Prospects". American Economic Review. 59 (1): 25–34. JSTOR 1811090.
^ Bawa, Vijay S. (1975). "Optimal Rules for Ordering Uncertain Prospects". Journal of Financial Economics. 2 (1): 95–121. doi:10.1016/0304-405X(75)90025-2.
^ Blackwell, David (June 1953). "Equivalent Comparisons of Experiments". The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 24 (2): 265–272. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177729032. ISSN 0003-4851.
^ Levy, Haim (1990), Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray; Newman, Peter (eds.), "Stochastic Dominance", Utility and Probability, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 251–254, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-20568-4_34, ISBN 978-1-349-20568-4, retrieved 2022-12-23

[HadarRussell1969-1] Hadar, J.; Russell, W. (1969). "Rules for Ordering Uncertain Prospects". American Economic Review. 59 (1): 25–34. JSTOR 1811090.

[2] Bawa, Vijay S. (1975). "Optimal Rules for Ordering Uncertain Prospects". Journal of Financial Economics. 2 (1): 95–121. doi:10.1016/0304-405X(75)90025-2.

[3] Blackwell, David (June 1953). "Equivalent Comparisons of Experiments". The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 24 (2): 265–272. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177729032. ISSN 0003-4851.

[4] Levy, Haim (1990), Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray; Newman, Peter (eds.), "Stochastic Dominance", Utility and Probability, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 251–254, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-20568-4_34, ISBN 978-1-349-20568-4, retrieved 2022-12-23

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