Reference Wealth Effects in Sequential Choice

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-48

  Neilson, William S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected utility; House money effect; Reference wealth; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032262489     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007791217751     Document Type: Article

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