A smooth model of decision making under ambiguity

Econometrica

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1849-1892

  Klibanoff, Peter ^a   Marinacci, Massimo ^b   Mukerji, Sujoy ^c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ICER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ambiguity attitude; Ambiguity aversion; Ellsberg paradox; Knightian uncertainty; Uncertainty; Uncertainty aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644553294     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2005.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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