Incorporating framing into prospect theory modeling: A mixture-model approach

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-197

  Wang, Mei ^a   Fischbeck, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cumulative prospect theory; framing effects; health insurance; mixture model

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444343171     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RISK.0000038943.63610.16     Document Type: Article

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