Investigating risky choices over losses using experimental data

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-215

  Mason, Charles F ^a   Shogren, Jason F ^a   Settle, Chad ^b   List, John A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c AREC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Loss domain; Risky decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444505874     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-005-3554-7     Document Type: Article

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