Uncertainty aversion and aversion to increasing uncertainty

Theory and Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-148

  Montesano, Aldo ^a   Giovannoni, Francesco ^a,b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversion to increasing uncertainty; Risk; Risk aversion of the first order; Risk aversion of the second order; Uncertainty; Uncertainty aversion

Indexed keywords

INCREASE; RISK AVERSION; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0030364121     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00134639     Document Type: Article

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