Clarifying the relationship between prospect theory and risk-sensitive foraging theory

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 502-507

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a   Fawcett, Tim W ^a   Mallpress, Dave E W ^a   McNamara, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily energy budget rule; Expected utility theory; Loss aversion; Reference point; Reflection effect; Reproductive value; State dependent behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908025373     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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