A Bayesian Approach to Uncertainty Aversion

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Journal: Review of Economic Studies
Year: 2005
Volume: 72
Issue: 2
Pages: 449-466

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4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

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Abstract

The Ellsberg paradox demonstrates that people's beliefs over uncertain events might not be representable by subjective probability. We show that if a risk averse decision maker, who has a well defined Bayesian prior, perceives an Ellsberg type decision problem as possibly composed of a bundle of several positively correlated problems, she will be uncertainty averse. We generalize this argument and derive sufficient conditions for uncertainty aversion. Copyright 2005, Wiley-Blackwell.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:restud:v:72:y:2005:i:2:p:449-466
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25