A note on optimal experimentation under risk aversion
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- Vladimir Novak & Tim Willems, 2018. "A Note on Optimal Experimentation under Risk Aversion," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp618, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
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Experimentation; Learning; Risk aversion;All these keywords.
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- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
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