Commonalities in time and ambiguity aversion for long-term risks

Theory and Decision

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-71

  Chesson, Harrell W ^a   Viscusi, W Kip ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Discounting; Ellsberg paradox; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AMBIGUITY; DISCOUNTING; ELLSBERG PARADOX; LOTTERY TIMING RISK AVERSION; UNCERTAINTY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0042784116     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025095318208     Document Type: Article

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