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Review of Economic Studies Vol. 86 No. 2 2019

Ambiguous Correlation

Larry G. Epstein1; Yoram Halevy2

1 Boston University · 2 University of Toronto

Abstract

Many decisions are made in environments where outcomes are determined by the realization of multiple random events. A decision maker may be uncertain how these events are related. We identify and experimentally substantiate behaviour that intuitively reflects a lack of confidence in their joint distribution. Our findings suggest a dimension of ambiguity which is different from that in the classical distinction between risk and “Knightian uncertainty”.

DOI
10.1093/restud/rdy008
Volume
86
Issue
2
Pages
668-693
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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