Testing dynamic consistency and consequentialism under ambiguity

Accounting for ambiguity aversion in dynamic decisions generally implies that either dynamic consistency or consequentialism must be given up. To gain insight into which of these principles better describes people’s preferences, we tested them using a variation of Ellsberg’s three-color urn experime...

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Hauptverfasser: Bleichrodt, Han (VerfasserIn) , Eichberger, Jürgen (VerfasserIn) , Grant, Simon (VerfasserIn) , Kelsey, David (VerfasserIn) , Li, Chen (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 23 February 2021
In: European economic review
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 134, Pages: 1-12
ISSN:1873-572X
DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103687
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103687
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Verfasserangaben:Han Bleichrodt, Jürgen Eichberger, Simon Grant, David Kelsey, Chen Li
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Zusammenfassung:Accounting for ambiguity aversion in dynamic decisions generally implies that either dynamic consistency or consequentialism must be given up. To gain insight into which of these principles better describes people’s preferences, we tested them using a variation of Ellsberg’s three-color urn experiment. Subjects were asked to make a choice both before and after they received a signal. We found that most ambiguity neutral subjects satisfied both dynamic consistency and consequentialism and behaved consistent with subjective expected utility with Bayesian updating. The majority of ambiguity averse subjects satisfied consequentialism, but violated dynamic consistency.
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ISSN:1873-572X
DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103687