The Fourfold Pattern of Risk Attitudes in Choice and Pricing Tasks

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 545, 2010, Pages 595-611

  Harbaugh, William T ^a   Krause, Kate ^b   Vesterlund, Lise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK PERCEPTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77953876544     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02312.x     Document Type: Article

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