Choices at various levels of uncertainty: An experimental test of the restated diversification theorem

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-196

  Ahmed, Ali M ^a   Skogh, Göran ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Experiment; Insurance; Loss sharing; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750907136     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-006-0332-0     Document Type: Article

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