Imprecise probabilistic beliefs as a context for decision-making under ambiguity

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1054-1091

  Nehring, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Comparative likelihood; Multiple priors; Probabilistic beliefs; Probabilistic sophistication; Qualitative probability; Unambiguous events

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049095786     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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