Prospect theory and mean-variance analysis

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1015-1041

  Levy, Haim ^a,b   Levy, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 7044247712     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhg062     Document Type: Review

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