Risk, ambiguity, and state-preference theory

Economic Theory

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 437-467

  Nau, Robert ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity aversion; Ellsberg's paradox; Risk aversion; Risk neutral probabilities; Smooth model; State preference theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053269940     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-011-0632-8     Document Type: Article

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