Making prospect theory fit for finance

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-360

  De Giorgi, Enrico ^a,b   Hens, Thorsten ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 33748419061     PISSN: 15554961     EISSN: 1555497X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11408-006-0019-1     Document Type: Review

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