Ability, chance, and ambiguity aversion: Revisiting the competence hypothesis

Individuals are often ambiguity-averse when choosing among purely chance-based prospects (Ellsberg, 1961). However, they often prefer apparently ambiguous ability-based prospects to unambiguous chance-based prospects. According to the competence hypothesis (Heath & Tversky, 1991), this pattern d...

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Main Authors: William M. P. Klein, Jennifer L. Cerully, Matthew M. Monin, Don A. Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2010-06-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500001078/type/journal_article