Do financial professionals behave according to prospect theory? An experimental study

Theory and Decision

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-429

  Abdellaoui, Mohammed ^a   Bleichrodt, Han ^b   Kammoun, Hilda ^a  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Experimental economics; Field data; Loss aversion; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY;

BEHAVIORAL FINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; FIELD DATA; LOSS AVERSION; PROSPECT THEORY;

FINANCE;

EID: 84878487613     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-011-9282-3     Document Type: Article

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