Measuring the time stability of Prospect Theory preferences

Theory and Decision

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-386

  Zeisberger, Stefan ^a   Vrecko, Dennis ^a   Langer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental economics; Prospect Theory; Risk preferences; Time stability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS; CONSTANT RELATIVE RISK AVERSION; DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; DECISION MODELS; DESCRIPTIVE MODEL; EXPECTED UTILITY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; MULTIPARAMETERS; PARAMETER COMBINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PROBABILITY WEIGHTING; PROSPECT THEORY; RISK ATTITUDE; RISK PREFERENCES; TIME LAG; TIME STABILITY;

DECISION THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RISK PERCEPTION;

STABILITY;

EID: 84857063371     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-010-9234-3     Document Type: Article

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