On the robustness and possible accounts of ambiguity aversion

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 149-172

  Keren, Gideon ^a   Gerritsen, Léonie E M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Perceived informativeness; Probability; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009883679     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(99)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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