A simple derivation of Prelec's probability weighting function

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 521-524

  al Nowaihi, Ali ^a   Dhami, Sanjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algebraic functional equations; Compound invariance; Decision making under risk; Power invariance; Prelec's probability weighting function; Prospect theory; Rank dependent expected utility; Reduction invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750512403     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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