Intertemporal stability of uncertainty preferences

Peter Duersch, Daniel Römer and Benjamin Roth
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Peter Dürsch

Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, vol. 60, issue C, 7-20

Abstract: We analyze the stability of ambiguity preferences experimentally, by repeatedly eliciting ambiguity attitudes towards multiple 3-color Ellsberg urns over a period of two months. 57% of the choices show stable preferences over this time period. This is significantly higher than random choices would suggest, but significantly lower than the level of consistency when measures are taken back-to-back (75%). Over the same time frame, we do not find a significant change in the consistency of risk preferences. For subjects who are able to recall their ambiguity decision after two months correctly, the share of consistent choices does not drop significantly over time.

Keywords: Ambiguity; Risk; Stability of preferences; Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2017.01.008

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