Payoff Kinks in Preferences over Lotteries

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 207-260

  Machina, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Payoff kinks; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035642118     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011833407458     Document Type: Article

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