Moderate stake variations for risk and uncertainty, gains and losses: Methodological implications for comparative studies

Economics Letters

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 718-721

  Vieider, Ferdinand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental methodology; Prospect theory; Stake effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865972753     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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