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dc.contributor.authorManski, Charles F.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-16T13:17:33Z-
dc.date.available2012-10-16T13:17:33Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.1920/wp.cem.2008.1008en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/64719-
dc.description.abstractThis paper develops a broad theme about policy choice under ambiguity through study of a particular decision criterion. The broad theme is that, where feasible, choice between a status quo policy and an innovation is better framed as selection of a treatment allocation than as a binary decision. Study of the static minimax-regret criterion and its adaptive extension substantiate the theme. When the optimal policy is ambiguous, the static minimax-regret allocation always is fractional absent large fixed costs or deontological considerations. In dynamic choice problems, the adaptive minimax-regret criterion treats each cohort as well as possible, given the knowledge available at the time, and maximizes intertemporal learning about treatment response.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCentre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap) |cLondonen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|acemmap working paper |xCWP10/08en
dc.subject.jelD7en
dc.subject.jelH0en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwEntscheidungstheorieen
dc.subject.stwPolitiken
dc.subject.stwPräferenztheorieen
dc.titleAdaptive partial policy innovation: Coping with ambiguity through diversification-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn574281770en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:ifs:cemmap:10/08en

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