Increasing uncertainty: A definition

Mathematical social sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-141

  Grant, Simon ^a,b   Quiggin, John ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Non expected utility; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344262159     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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