Abstract :
For eachofthreetypesofambiguity,wecomputearobustRamseyplanandanassociated
worst-case probabilitymodel. Ex post, ambiguityoftypeIimpliesendogenouslydistorted
homogeneous beliefs,whileambiguitiesoftypesIIandIIIimplydistorted heterogeneous
beliefs.Martingalescharacterizealternativeprobabilityspecificationsandclarifydistinc-
tions amongthethreetypesofambiguity.WeuserecursiveformulationsofRamsey
problemstoimposelocalpredictabilityofcommitmentmultipliersdirectly.Toreducethe
dimensionofthestateinarecursiveformulation,wetransformthecommitmentmultiplier
to accommodatetheheterogeneousbeliefsthatarisewithambiguityoftypesIIandIII.Our
formulationsfacilitatecomparisonsoftheconsequencesofthesealternativetypesof
ambiguity