Gender, financial risk, and probability weights

Theory and Decision

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 283-313

  Fehr Duda, Helga ^a   De Gennaro, Manuele ^a   Schubert, Renate ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Financial decision making; Gender differences; Probability weighting function; Prospect theory; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; RISK PERCEPTION; THEOREM PROVING;

FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING; GENDER DIFFERENCES; PROBABILITY WEIGHTING FUNCTION; PROSPECT THEORY; RISK AVERSION;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 33646431156     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-005-4590-0     Document Type: Article

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