Axiomatic Foundations of Multiplier Preferences

Econometrica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-73

  Strzalecki, Tomasz ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity aversion; Model uncertainty; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651413994     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA8155     Document Type: Article

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