Ambiguity attitudes in decisions for others

Christian König-Kersting; Stefan Trautmann

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.07.036

Ambiguity attitudes in decisions for others

Christian König-Kersting, Stefan Trautmann

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Abstract

We probe the pattern of ambiguity aversion for moderate-likelihood gain prospects, and ambiguity seeking for low-likelihood gain prospects, if people make decisions not for themselves but as agents for others. We confirm the pattern both with and without accountability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	126–129
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.07.036
Publication status	Published - Sept 2016

Keywords

decision under risk
decision under ambiguity
decisions of agents
accountability

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