What are investors willing to pay to customize their investment product?

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1855-1870

  Vrecko, Dennis ^a   Langer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Customization; Decision support; Distribution builder; Experimental economics; Investment behavior; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CUSTOMIZATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; DISTRIBUTION BUILDER; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; PROSPECT THEORY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84881413231     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1695     Document Type: Article

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