{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"submitter":["Kishishita D"],"pubmed_abstract":["This paper studies how people make decisions over preventive behaviors under ambiguity (i.e., Knightian uncertainty) where they do not even know the probability of a loss. In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, scientific uncertainty makes it hard to evaluate not only whether one will be infected, but also probabilities such as the infection rate. We constructed a simple model and demonstrated how its effect was heterogeneous depending on ambiguity-attitudes. Motivated by the model, we further conducted a survey experiment in Japan where we manipulated the information regarding scientific uncertainty on COVID-19. We found that higher ambiguity induced by scientific uncertainty increased the level of social distancing among ambiguity-loving people, but such evidence was nonexisten"],"journal":["Japanese economic review (Oxford, England)"],"pagination":["1-32"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9525947"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Ambiguity and self-protection: evidence from social distancing under the COVID-19 pandemic."],"pmcid":["PMC9525947"],"pubmed_authors":["Wang C","Tung HH","Kishishita D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Ambiguity and self-protection: evidence from social distancing under the COVID-19 pandemic.","description":"This paper studies how people make decisions over preventive behaviors under ambiguity (i.e., Knightian uncertainty) where they do not even know the probability of a loss. In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, scientific uncertainty makes it hard to evaluate not only whether one will be infected, but also probabilities such as the infection rate. We constructed a simple model and demonstrated how its effect was heterogeneous depending on ambiguity-attitudes. Motivated by the model, we further conducted a survey experiment in Japan where we manipulated the information regarding scientific uncertainty on COVID-19. We found that higher ambiguity induced by scientific uncertainty increased the level of social distancing among ambiguity-loving people, but such evidence was nonexisten","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T14:33:58.535Z","creation":"2025-04-04T14:33:58.535Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9525947","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36213493"],"doi":["10.1007/s42973-022-00120-3"]}}