“…Viewed as uncertainty beyond risk, or the lack of information clarity about future prospects, ambiguity has been found to explain cognition and individual behaviour in a number of experimental and natural settings (Baillon and L'Haridon, 2016; Baillon et al ., 2018b). Empirical research in behavioural economics and management has related ambiguity aspects to market participation (Antoniou, Harris and Zhang, 2015), resource allocation and financing (Agliardi, Agliardi and Spanjers, 2016), cash holdings and capital structure (Ertugrul et al ., 2017; Friberg and Seiler, 2017), initial public offerings (Arnold, Fishe and North, 2010; Park and Patel, 2015), banking performance (Boyarchenko, 2012; Driouchi, So and Trigeorgis, 2020), leadership effectiveness (Cicero, Pierro and Van Knippenberg, 2010), innovation activity (Carson, Madhok and Wu, 2006; Hussinger and Pacher, 2019) and mergers and acquisitions (Cording, Christmann and King, 2008). The findings suggest that ambiguity generally has a detrimental impact on economic outcomes, increases exposures to risk and exacerbates decision‐making biases (e.g.…”