Preference reversals under ambiguity

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2054-2066

  Maafi, Hela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Choice versus valuation; Classical preference reversal; Decision weights; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; DECISION WEIGHTS; PREFERENCE REVERSALS; PROSPECT THEORY; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 81255178444     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1396     Document Type: Article

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