Additive utility in prospect theory

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 863-873

  Bleichrodt, Han ^a   Schmidt, Ulrich ^b   Zank, Horst ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive utility; Decision weighting; Loss aversion; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION UNDER UNCERTAINTY; DECISION WEIGHTING; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; EXPECTED UTILITY; LOSS AVERSION; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY; PROSPECT THEORY; REFERENCE POINTS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 67649961830     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0978     Document Type: Article

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