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dc.contributor.author | Eichberger, Jürgen | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kelsey, David H. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Schipper, Burkhard C. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-29T15:10:34Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-29T15:10:34Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22871 | - |
dc.description.abstract | We examine the impact of ambiguity on economic behaviour. We present a relatively non-technical account of ambiguity and show how it may be applied in economics. Optimistic and pessimistic responses to ambiguity are formally modelled. We show that pessimism has the effect of increasing (decreasing) equilibrium prices under Cournot (Bertrand) competition. We also examine the effects of ambiguity on peace processes. It is shown that ambiguity can act to select equilibria in coordination games with multiple equilibria. Some comparative statics results are derived for the impact of ambiguity in games with strategic complements. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aUniversity of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aBonn Econ Discussion Papers |x23/2003 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D81 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D43 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C72 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D62 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Ambiguity | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Optimism | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Oligopoly | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Peace processes | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Choquet expected utility | en |
dc.subject.stw | Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit | en |
dc.subject.stw | Soziale Beziehungen | en |
dc.subject.stw | Nichtkooperatives Spiel | en |
dc.subject.stw | Erwartungsnutzen | en |
dc.subject.stw | Oligopol | en |
dc.subject.stw | Friedenssicherung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Theorie | en |
dc.title | Ambiguity and Social Interaction | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 384647294 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:bonedp:232003 | - |
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