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, decision makers can be biased, display aversion to prior uncertainty, and thus tend to select choices that are familiar (i … risk-averse investors who select risky projects in an environment characterized by epistemic uncertainty (risk …
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, decision makers can be biased, display aversion to prior uncertainty, and thus tend to select choices that are familiar (i … risk-averse investors who select risky projects in an environment characterized by epistemic uncertainty (risk …
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temporal resolution of uncertainty (Kreps and Porteus [1978]), and describe a procedure to identify model parameters from …
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This paper presents a laboratory experiment that directly tests the theoretical predictions of consumption choices … reduce uncertainty about income by acquiring signals about it. The informativeness of the signals directly relates to the … of the theory: 1) Subjects optimally make stochastic consumption choices; 2) They respond to incentives and changes in …
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We show what the rational inattention model predicts about the treatment effect of information provided during a randomized control trial. This is a non-trivial question because the model implies optimal attention choice before, during, and after an information treatment. The predictions of the...
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Expected utility theory (EUT) is currently the standard framework which formally defines rational decision-making under … behaviour under utility theory is incompatible with scarcity of resources, making behaviour consistent with EUT irrational and …
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