Does Risk Aversion Vary with Decision-Frame? An Empirical Test Using Recent Game Show Data

Review of Behavioral Finance

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 44-61

  Mulino, Daniel ^a   Scheelings, Richard ^b   Brooks, Robert ^a   Faff, Robert ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deal or no deal; Decision frame; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963993965     PISSN: 19405979     EISSN: 19405987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/19405979200900003     Document Type: Review

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