Eliciting von Neumann-Morgenstern utilities when probabilities are distorted or unknown

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1131-1150

  Wakker, Peter ^a   Deneffe, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Decision Analysis; Probability Distortion; Prospect Theory; Risk Aversion; Standard Gamble; Utility Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001070381     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.8.1131     Document Type: Article

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