Shunning uncertainty: the neglect of learning opportunities

DOI10.1016/j.geb.2013.01.001zbMath1281.91063MaRDI QIDQ2636767

Richard J. Zeckhauser, Stefan T. Trautmann

Publication date: 18 February 2014

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:5347068

zbMATH Keywords

uncertainty; learning; information; risk; gambler's fallacy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B06: Decision theory

91A26: Rationality and learning in game theory

91A60: Probabilistic games; gambling

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