Third-generation prospect theory

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-223

  Schmidt, Ulrich ^a,b   Starmer, Chris ^c   Sugden, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Preference reversal; Prospect theory; Reference dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649145203     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-008-9040-2     Document Type: Article

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