Are preferences complete? An experimental measurement of indecisiveness under risk
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Keywords
Incomplete preferences; preference for flexibility; risk aversion; indecisiveness; indifference;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2006-08-26 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2006-08-26 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2006-08-26 (Utility Models & Prospect Theory)
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