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cognitive uncertainty: a standalone construct

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Behavioral economics

people's own uncertainty about which action is best, which pulls their choices and beliefs toward default values.

In behavioral economics, cognitive uncertainty refers to people's own uncertainty about which action is best, which pulls their choices and beliefs toward default values. This meaning comes from Enke (2023) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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References

Enke, B., & Graeber, T. (2023). Cognitive Uncertainty. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138(4), 2021-2067. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjad025

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