This paper presents the results of an experiment that demonstrates that personality may have a significant impact on economic decision making under uncertainty. This impact is indirect since differences in personality characteristics lead decision makers to seek different types of information...

We compare preferences for temporal resolution when uncertainty is resolved over a probability rather than a value. In various frameworks-e.g., Kreps and Porteus (1978)-, preferences over gradual versus one-shot resolution do not depend on whether values or probabilities define the main object...