Preference reversals and probabilistic decisions

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-250

  Blavatskyy, Pavlo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Certainty equivalent; Preference reversal; Probabilistic choice; Probabilistic valuation; Probability equivalent

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449111299     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-009-9078-9     Document Type: Article

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