Reducing Ambiguity in Lotteries: That Knowing is Better than Wondering
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Keywords
ambiguity; lottery; field experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2015-07-04 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2015-07-04 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2015-07-04 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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