and economics, ambiguity aversion (also known as uncertainty aversion) is a preference for known risks over unknown risks. An ambiguity-averse individual...
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paradox in his 1961 paper, "Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms". It is generally taken to be evidence of ambiguity aversion, in which a person tends to...
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The ambiguity effect is a cognitive tendency where decision making is affected by a lack of information, or "ambiguity". The effect implies that people...
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In economics and finance, risk aversion is the tendency of people to prefer outcomes with low uncertainty to those outcomes with high uncertainty, even...
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context of global politics, a policy of deliberate ambiguity (also known as a policy of strategic ambiguity or strategic uncertainty) is the practice by a...
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Ambiguity aversion Brand aversion Dissent aversion in the United States of America Endowment effect, also known as divestiture aversion Food aversion...
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"better the devil you know than the devil you don't", describing ambiguity aversion. The Devil You Know may refer to: The Devil You Know (film), a 2013...
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Tversky and Fox (1995) addressed ambiguity aversion, the idea that people do not like ambiguous gambles or choices with ambiguity, with the comparative ignorance...
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inexactness. Ambiguity may also refer to: Amtybiguity (album) Ambiguity (horse), 20th-century racer Ambiguity (law), contract law situation Ambiguous name, botanical...
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and complicated that an average person cannot understand it (see ambiguity aversion), so one assumes that those who work on it understand it. However...
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Expected utility hypothesis (section Risk aversion)
psychologically richer theory of the determinants Allais paradox Ambiguity aversion Bayesian probability Behavioral economics Decision theory Generalized...
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concerns during the period. This is a list of books about risk issues: Ambiguity aversion Absolute risk Benefit shortfall Civil defence Countermeasure Early...
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Blissful ignorance effect (section Vagueness aversion)
individuals try to avoid ambiguity and prefer precise over vague information. However, concrete evidence of vagueness aversion has only been proven in...
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and low uncertainty avoidance or the opposite. Ambiguity aversion also known as uncertainty aversion Cross-cultural communication Cross-cultural leadership...
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problem in itself. Ellsberg paradox: People exhibit ambiguity aversion (as distinct from risk aversion), in contradiction with expected utility theory. Fenno's...
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at the beginning of the film A Serious Man (2009), Coen Brothers Ambiguity aversion Concision Complexity Degree of difficulty Elegance KISS principle...
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knowledge the same. This difference in treatment is also termed "ambiguity aversion". A black swan event, as analyzed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, is an...
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taxpayers must calculate and pay the greater of the AMT or regular tax. ambiguity aversion Any preference for known risks over unknown risks. American school...
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mirror neurons. 1996 – Amos Tversky defined ambiguity aversion, the idea that people do not like ambiguous choices, relating it to comparative ignorance...
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; Meijers, Huub (April 2009). "Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion" (PDF). Journal of the European Economic Association. 7 (2–3):...
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Neuroeconomics (section Loss aversion)
cortex. One aspect of human decision-making is a strong aversion to potential loss. Under loss aversion, the perceived cost of loss is experienced more intensely...
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cancer. However, the authors noted that women with a high level of ambiguity aversion were less likely to desire future mammograms; this was especially...
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1049–1074. Maccheroni, F., Marinacci, M., & Rustichini, A. (2006). Ambiguity aversion, robustness, and the variational representation of preferences. Econometrica...
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Hurwicz decision rule. Other approaches appear in the literature. Ambiguity aversion Robust decision making Imprecise Dirichlet process Kolmogorov, A....
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Roy Kouwenberg, Olivia S. Mitchell and Kim Peijnenburg. (2016). “Ambiguity Aversion and Household Portfolio Choice Puzzles: Empirical Evidence.” Journal...
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Decision Sciences at Bocconi University. His most influential work is on ambiguity aversion, an area in which he has published multiple papers with over 1000...
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Prospect theory (section Myopic Loss Aversion (MLA))
assess their loss and gain perspectives in an asymmetric manner (see loss aversion). For example, for some individuals, the pain from losing $1,000 could...
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for cognition, and low, rather than high, need for structure and aversion ambiguity, correlate positively with many indicators of creativity. Thus, groups...
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conflict between other, opposing parties. Ellsberg paradox or also ambiguity aversion: The negotiator uses the human bias toward the option they know most...
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Origin of Optimism, Loss Aversion and Disappointment Aversion". SSRN 3108432. Dawson C, Johnson SG (8 April 2021). "Dread Aversion and Economic Preferences"...
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