A simplified axiomatic approach to ambiguity aversion

DOI10.1007/s11166-010-9099-4zbMath1233.91059MaRDI QIDQ707881

William S. Neilson

Publication date: 8 October 2010

Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-010-9099-4

zbMATH Keywords

ambiguity; independence axiom; Ellsberg paradox; Savage axioms; Anscombe-Aumann framework

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B08: Individual preferences

91A60: Probabilistic games; gambling

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