Strategic Ambiguity and Decision-making: An Experimental Study
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- David Kelsey & Sara le Roux, 2018. "Strategic ambiguity and decision-making: an experimental study," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 84(3), pages 387-404, May.
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Keywords
Ambiguity; Choquet expected utility; strategic complements; strategic substitutes; Ellsberg urn.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2016-08-28 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2016-08-28 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2016-08-28 (Game Theory)
- NEP-HPE-2016-08-28 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2016-08-28 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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