Risk aversion or myopia? Choices in repeated gambles and retirement investments

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 364-381

  Benartzi, Shlomo ^a   Thaler, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; GAME THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MYOPIC LOSS AVERSIONS; RETIREMENT INVESTMENTS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032641570     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.3.364     Document Type: Article

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