Decision Under Risk

Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 399-423

  Wu, George ^a   Zhang, Jiao ^a   Gonzalez, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Axiom; Framework; Insurance; Prospect theory; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889270014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752937.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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