Preference Reversals and Induced Risk Preferences: Evidence for Noisy Maximization

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-170

  Berg, Joyce E ^a   Dickhaut, John W ^b   Rietz, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected utility theory; Incentives; Preference reversal; Risk preference induction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345862329     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025633008075     Document Type: Article

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