Non-monotonicity of the Tversky-Kahneman probability-weighting function: A cautionary note

European Financial Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-390

  Ingersoll, Jonathan ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision weights; Probability weighting function; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749099436     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2007.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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