Attitudes toward uncertainty and randomization: An experimental study

Economic Theory

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-312

  Dominiak, Adam ^a   Schnedler, Wendelin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Non expected utility models; Preference for randomization; Uncertainty aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053243937     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-011-0649-z     Document Type: Article

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