Abstract
The uncertainty effect suggests that people may violate fundamental economic theories by pricing a binary lottery below its lowest outcome. This article examines the effect of anchoring on the uncertainty effect in a simple monetary binary lottery. We asked participants in an experiment about their willingness to pay in a simple lottery embedded with a numerical anchor. The results show that low (high) numerical anchoring exacerbates (ameliorates) the irrational behaviour causing the uncertainty effect.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1253-1256 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Applied Economics Letters |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2025 |
Keywords
- Uncertainty effect
- experiment
- lottery
- utility
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Economics and Econometrics
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