Ambiguity and the value of information

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-145

  Snow, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Greater ambiguity; Greater ambiguity aversion; Non expected utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871399809     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-010-9088-7     Document Type: Article

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