Parameter-Free Elicitation of Utility and Probability Weighting Functions

Management Science

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1497-1512

  Abdellaoui, Mohammed ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cumulative Prospect Theory; Decision Making; Expected Utility; Probability Weighting Function; Rank Dependent Expected Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000341006     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.46.11.1497.12080     Document Type: Article

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