Fighting Fire with Fire - Overcoming Ambiguity Aversion by Introducing more Ambiguity
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Unknown source credibility; Risk; Ambiguity aversion; Uncertainty; Customer ratings;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: 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-EXP-2021-05-03 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-RMG-2021-05-03 (Risk Management)
- NEP-UPT-2021-05-03 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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