Differentiating ambiguity and ambiguity attitude
Differentiating ambiguity and ambiguity attitude
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jet.2003.12.004
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发表时间:
2004-10-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Marinacci, M
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作者:
Ghirardato, P;Maccheroni, F;Marinacci, M
The objective of this paper is to show how ambiguity, and a decision maker (DM)'s response to it, can be modelled formally in the context of a general decision model. We introduce a relation derived from the DM's preferences, called "unambiguous preference", and show that it can be represented by a set of probabilities. We provide such set with a simple differential characterization, and argue that it is a behavioral representation of the "ambiguity" that the DM may perceive. Given such revealed ambiguity, we provide a representation of ambiguity attitudes. We also characterize axiomatically a special case of our decision model, the "alpha-maxmin" expected utility model. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.