Risk and rationality: Uncovering heterogeneity in probability distortion

Econometrica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1375-1412

  Bruhin, Adrian ^a   Fehr Duda, Helga ^b   Epper, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finite mixture models; Individual risk taking behavior; Latent heterogeneity; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955157105     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA7139     Document Type: Article

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