Second-order ambiguity in very low probability risks: Food safety valuation

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-456

  Kivi, Paul A ^a   Shogren, Jason F ^b  

^a BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ambiguity avoidance; Expected utility theory; Food safety; Low probability events; Risk; Second order probabilities; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951907083     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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