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Decision Making Under Risk & Uncertainty

Decisions under risk and uncertainty involve outcomes we can't be sure of. Sometimes we know the odds. Often we're working with incomplete information and a best guess. This area studies how people weigh those possibilities and choose between them.

The entries cover prospect theory, attitudes toward gains and losses, regret, and the way we judge probabilities. They also explain ambiguity aversion, a preference for known odds over unknown ones.