Covid-19 outbreak, ambiguity aversion, and macroeconomic expectations

How will the outbreak of Covid-19 affect people's expectations on the macroeconomy? We conduct an online experiment in China to investigate the relationship between ambiguity aversion, risk aversion, and expectations about the macroeconomy after the onset of Covid-19 which can be considered an...

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Published in:China economic quarterly international 2023-06, Vol.3 (2), p.144-154
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