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objective when there is concern about parameter uncertainty or model ambiguity. The optimal relative regret portfolio is the one …
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This paper reports on the results of an experimental elicitation at the individual level of all prospect theory components (i.e., utility, loss aversion, and weighting functions) in two decision contexts: situations where alternatives are described as probability distributions and situations...
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preference reversals under ambiguity (unknown probabilities). Subjects were asked to make a binary choice between ambiguous P … not only replicated under ambiguity but are even stronger than are those under risk. This is due to higher elicited prices … for the $-bet and lower elicited prices for the P-bet under ambiguity than under risk. This result can be explained by the …
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assets, and Markowitz, who advocates diversification. We use the concepts of ambiguity and ambiguity aversion to formalize … optimal portfolio depends on two quantities: relative ambiguity across assets and the standard deviation of the expected …
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People are more willing to bet on their own judgments when they feel skillful or knowledgeable. We investigate whether this "competence effect" influences trading frequency and home bias. We find that investors who feel competent trade more often and have more internationally diversified...
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Prior studies have shown that individuals are averse to ambiguity in probability. Many decisions are, however, made in … paper, we extend the previous research to evaluate the effect of ambiguity on individual decisions and the resulting market … price in market settings. We therefore examine an important issue: whether ambiguity effects persist in the face of market …
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Companies innovating in dynamic environments face the combined challenge of unforeseeable uncertainty (the inability to recognize the relevant influence variables and their functional relationships; thus, events and actions cannot be planned ahead of time) and high complexity (large number of...
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We propose that ambiguity aversion, as introduced in the literature on decision making under uncertainty, drives a …-established brands. In five experiments, we examine the role of ambiguity aversion in the preference for dominated, established brands …. We first show a correlation between ambiguity aversion (revealed through choices among monetary lotteries) and the …
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Subjective expected utility theory does not distinguish between attitudes toward uncertainty (ambiguous probabilities) and attitudes toward risk (unambiguous probabilities). Both are explained in terms of nonlinear utility for money rather than properties of events per se, hence, the decision...
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provides researchers with a way to give subjects the experience of ambiguity. In any experiment, learning the distribution from …
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