Comparing preference reversal for general lotteries and income distributions

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 682-710

  Camacho Cuena, Eva ^a,b   Seidl, Christian ^a   Morone, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethical inequality measures; Income distribution; Income happiness; Inequality and risk aversion; Lotteries; Preference reversal

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144495182     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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