A closer look at the Russian roulette problem: A re-examination of the nonlinearity of the prospect theory's decision weight π

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 515-520

  Li, Li Bo ^a   He, Shu Hong ^b   Li, Shu ^c   Xu, Jie Hong ^c   Rao, Li Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

1979 version of prospect theory; 1992 version of prospect theory; Decision weight ; Decision weight w; Russian roulette problem

Indexed keywords

RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEIGHING;

1979 VERSION OF PROSPECT THEORY; 1992 VERSION OF PROSPECT THEORY; ALLAIS PARADOXES; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION WEIGHT W; EXPECTED UTILITIES; NON LINEARITIES; NON-LINEAR PROPERTIES; RISK AND UNCERTAINTIES; RUSSIAN ROULETTE PROBLEM; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS; WILLINGNESS TO PAYS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 60849089323     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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