Differentiating ambiguity and ambiguity attitude

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-173

  Ghirardato, Paolo ^a   Maccheroni, Fabio ^b   Marinacci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

maxmin expected utility; Ambiguity; Clarke differentials; Unambiguous preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444277242     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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