Download This PaperRecursive Ambiguity and Machina’s Examples
13 Pages Posted: 21 May 2012
Date Written: May 20, 2012
Abstract
Machina (2009, 2012) lists a number of situations where standard models of ambiguity aversion are unable to capture plausible features of ambiguity attitudes. Most of these problems arise in choice over prospects involving three or more outcomes. We show that the recursive non-expected utility model of Segal (1987) is rich enough to accommodate all these situations.
Keywords: Ambiguity, Ellsberg paradox, Choquet expected utility, recursive non-expected utility
JEL Classification: D81
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Dillenberger, David and Segal, Uzi, Recursive Ambiguity and Machina’s Examples (May 20, 2012). PIER Working Paper No. 12-021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2063939 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2063939
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