Risk aversion elicitation: Reconciling tractability and bias minimization

Theory and Decision

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-80

  Abdellaoui, Mohammed ^a,b   Driouchi, Ahmed ^c   L'Haridon, Olivier ^a,d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Elicitation methods; Prospect theory; Risk attitudes; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL STUDIES; ELICITATION METHODS; EXPECTED UTILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; KEY DETERMINANTS; PROBABILISTIC RISK; PROBABILITY WEIGHTING; PROSPECT THEORY; RISK ATTITUDE; RISK ATTITUDES; RISK AVERSION;

DECISION THEORY;

RISKS;

EID: 79959323858     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-009-9192-9     Document Type: Article

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