A simple test of expected utility theory using professional traders

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 945-948

  List, John A ^a,b   Haigh, Michael S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Office of the Chief Economist   (United States)

Author keywords

Allais paradox; Experiments; Futures traders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INDEPENDENCE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STUDENT;

BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; STUDENTS;

EID: 14144249146     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408022101     Document Type: Article

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