A parameter-free analysis of the utility of money for the general population under prospect theory

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 651-666

  Booij, Adam S ^a   van de Kuilen, Gijs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Loss aversion; Prospect theory; Utility measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651039318     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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