A dual approach to ambiguity aversion

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Mathematical Economics
Year: 2017
Volume: 71
Issue: C
Pages: 104-118

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In the present paper, the assumption of monotonicity of Anscombe and Aumann (1963) is replaced by an assumption of monotonicity with respect to first-order stochastic dominance. This yields a representation result where ambiguous distributions of objective beliefs are first aggregated into “equivalent unambiguous beliefs” and then risk preferences are used to compute the utility of these equivalent unambiguous beliefs. Such an approach makes it possible to disentangle uncertainty aversion, related to the processing of information, from risk aversion, related to the evaluation of the equivalent unambiguous beliefs. An application to portfolio choice shows the tractability of the framework and its intuitive appeal.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:mateco:v:71:y:2017:i:c:p:104-118
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-24