Preference reversals for ambiguity aversion

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1320-1333

  Trautmann, Stefan T ^a   Vieider, Ferdinand M ^b   Wakker, Peter P ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambiguity aversion; Choice versus valuation; Loss aversion; Preference reversal

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY AVERSION; CHOICE VERSUS VALUATION; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; ELICITATION METHODS; LOSS AVERSION; PREFERENCE REVERSAL; PREFERENCE REVERSALS; REFERENCE POINTS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 79960389523     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1343     Document Type: Article

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