Incomplete preferences under uncertainty: Indecisiveness in beliefs versus tastes

Econometrica

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1791-1808

  Ok, Efe A ^a   Ortoleva, Pietro ^b   Riella, Gil ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Incomplete preferences; Knightian uncertainty; The Anscombe Aumann model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864305174     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA8040     Document Type: Article

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