Ambiguity

The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Eichberger, Jürgen ^a   Kelsey, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ambiguity attitude; Choquet expected utility; Multiple priors; Optimism; Pessimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199290420.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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