Choice deferral and ambiguity aversion

Theoretical Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-225

  Kopylov, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity aversion; Choice deferral; Ellsberg paradox.; Epsilon contamination; Multiple priors model; Subjective probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349607408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15557561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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