Optimal choice and beliefs with ex ante savoring and ex post disappointment

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1272-1284

  Gollier, Christian ^a   Muermann, Alexander ^b  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anticipatory feeling; Decision under risk; Disappointment; Endogenous beliefs; Insurance demand; Optimism; Portfolio allocation

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATORY FEELING; DECISION UNDER RISK; DISAPPOINTMENT; ENDOGENOUS BELIEFS; OPTIMISM; PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION;

DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 77955650388     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1185     Document Type: Article

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