A quantitative measurement of regret theory

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-175

  Bleichrodt, Han ^a   Cillo, Alessandra ^b   Diecidue, Enrico ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Decision under uncertainty; Regret theory; Utility measurement

Indexed keywords

DATA SUPPORT; DECISION UNDER UNCERTAINTY; PREFERENCE HETEROGENEITY; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; REGRET THEORY;

DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 74849104465     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1097     Document Type: Article

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