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A behavioural and biological study of risk and ambiguity

Year: 2020

Type: dissertation

Abstract: This thesis focuses on how individuals and groups perceive and behave in the face of risky and ambiguous outcomes. There has been much research on how individuals behave in these situations, but much less investigation into when and why they behave in this way. These questions are addressed from a behavioural, neuro-biological and environmental perspective and answered using individual and group lab-based experiments. The results of these experiments indicate that the amount of information presented, prevailing sentiment and biological factors all influence how we make decisions and the extent to which these decisions are "logical".

Source: Queensland University of Technology

DOI: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.205647

Author: Anthony Newell

Institutions: Queensland University of Technology, Qingdao University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Subfield: General Decision Sciences

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3100018380

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