Ambiguity attitudes in the loss domain: decisions for self versus others

We study whether people’s ambiguity attitudes differ when deciding for themselves or for others in the loss domain. We find no systematic differences in ambiguity attitudes between self- and other-regarding decision-making. Our results are consistent with the loss part of the fourfold pattern of amb...

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Hauptverfasser: Xu, Yilong (VerfasserIn) , Xu, Xiaogeng (VerfasserIn) , Tucker, Steven (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2018
In: Economics letters
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 170, Pages: 100-103
ISSN:0165-1765
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.06.003
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.06.003
Verlag, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176518302283
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Verfasserangaben:Yilong Xu, Xiaogeng Xu, Steven Tucker
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Zusammenfassung:We study whether people’s ambiguity attitudes differ when deciding for themselves or for others in the loss domain. We find no systematic differences in ambiguity attitudes between self- and other-regarding decision-making. Our results are consistent with the loss part of the fourfold pattern of ambiguity attitudes.
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ISSN:0165-1765
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.06.003