Salience theory of choice under risk

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1243-1285

  Bordalo, Pedro ^a   Gennaioli, Nicola ^b   Shleifer, Andrei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DECISION MAKING; GAMBLING; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84865360187     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjs018     Document Type: Article

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