Loss aversion under prospect theory: A parameter-free measurement

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1659-1674

  Abdellaoui, Mohammed ^a   Bleichrodt, Han ^b   Paraschiv, Corina ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Elicitation of midpoints; Loss aversion; Prospect theory; Utility for gains and losses

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ELICITATION OF MIDPOINTS; LOSS AVERSION; PROSPECT THEORY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 38549139136     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0711     Document Type: Article

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