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Ambiguous language and common priors

Abstract:
Standard economic models cannot capture the fact that information is often ambiguous, and is interpreted in multiple ways. Using a framework that distinguishes between the language in which statements are made and the interpretation of statements, we demonstrate that, unlike in the case where there is no ambiguity, players may come to have different beliefs starting from a common prior, even if they have received exactly the same information, unless the information is common knowledge.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.geb.2015.01.007

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Economics
Oxford college:
Queen's College
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ORCID:
0000-0002-4914-9426


Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Games and Economic Behavior More from this journal
Volume:
90
Issue:
C
Pages:
171-180
Publication date:
2015-02-20
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ISSN:
0899-8256


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English
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pubs:728173
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uuid:5578ab10-3dc4-4f32-827a-8ec0f58ed686
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pubs:728173
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728173
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2018-11-19
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