Ambiguity through confidence functions

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 535-558

  Chateauneuf, Alain ^a   Faro, José Heleno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ambiguity attitudes; Ambiguity aversion; Confidence functions; Knightian uncertainty; Multiple prior model

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349753072     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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