A rule for updating ambiguous beliefs

Theory and Decision

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-152

  Pires, Cesaltina Pacheco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ambiguous beliefs; Bayesian updating; Dynamic choice; Multiple priors; Uncertainty aversion

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; UTILITY PROGRAMS;

UNCERTAINITY AVERSION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0036764270     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021255808323     Document Type: Article

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