Stability of risk preferences and the reflection effect of prospect theory

Theory and Decision

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 193-211

  Baucells, Manel ^a   Villasís, Antonio ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b IDE Escuela de Dirección de Empresas   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Reflection effect; Risk preferences; Stability of preferences

Indexed keywords

CHOICE MODEL; CUMULATIVE PROSPECT THEORY; PREFERENCE MODELS; PROSPECT THEORY; REFLECTION EFFECTS; REVEALED PREFERENCE; RISK AND UNCERTAINTY; RISK AVERSE; RISK PREFERENCE; RISK PREFERENCES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

REFLECTION;

EID: 74849099671     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-009-9153-3     Document Type: Article

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