"Beliefs about beliefs" without probabilities

Econometrica

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1343-1373

  Epstein, Larry G ^a   Wang, Tan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Beliefs hierarchies; Capacities; Common knowledge; Kolmogorov extension theorem; Rationalizabiliry; Topologies for preferences; Types space; Uncertainty; Vague topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000760980     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171834     Document Type: Article

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