We consider a decision maker who ranks actions according to the smooth ambiguity criterion of Klibanoff, Marinacci, and Mukerji (2005). An action is justifiable if it is a best reply to some belief over probabilistic models.We show that higher ambiguity aversion expands the set of justifiable actions. A similar result holds for risk aversion. Our results follow from a generalization of the duality lemma of Wald (1949) and Pearce (1984).

A note on comparative ambiguity aversion and justifiability

BATTIGALLI, PIERPAOLO;CERREIA VIOGLIO, SIMONE;MACCHERONI, FABIO ANGELO;MARINACCI, MASSIMO
2016

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We consider a decision maker who ranks actions according to the smooth ambiguity criterion of Klibanoff, Marinacci, and Mukerji (2005). An action is justifiable if it is a best reply to some belief over probabilistic models.We show that higher ambiguity aversion expands the set of justifiable actions. A similar result holds for risk aversion. Our results follow from a generalization of the duality lemma of Wald (1949) and Pearce (1984).
2016
2016
Battigalli, Pierpaolo; CERREIA VIOGLIO, Simone; Maccheroni, FABIO ANGELO; Marinacci, Massimo
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