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new tests of prospect theory. We implemented our method in an experiment and obtained support for prospect theory. Utility … and Kahneman's (1992) prospect theory. While methods existed to measure event weighting and the utility for gains and … measure prospect theory's entire utility function. Consequently, we can properly identify properties of utility and perform …
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We experimentally test overconfidence in investment decisions by offering participants the possibility to substitute their own for alternative investment choices. Overall, 149 subjects participated in two experiments, one with just one risky asset, the other with two risky assets. Overconfidence...
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We conduct a controlled laboratory experiment in which subjects dynamically choose to allocate their portfolio between … purchasing the bet throughout the experiment. Among the latter group, purchases are most frequent when subjects are rich and when …
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We report a portfolio-choice experiment that enables us to estimate parametric models of ambiguity aversion at the …
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effect on any risk averse agent's decision variable. We then apply the two stochastic orders to some classic decision … problems in economics and finance including a portfolio problem, two insurance problems, and four management decision problems …
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We study the effect of variation in correlation on investment decision in an experimental two asset application … attributed to common behavioral bias in financial decision. Field implications of the results are discussed …
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We conduct an experiment to study the prevalence of the higher order risk attitudes of prudence and temperance, in a … individual's level of prudence is predictive of his wealth, saving, and borrowing behavior outside of the experiment, while …
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We conduct an experiment to study the prevalence of the higher order risk attitudes of prudence and temperance, in a … individual's level of prudence is predictive of his wealth, saving, and borrowing behavior outside of the experiment, while …
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This work reports an online experiment with a general-population sample examining the performance of budget …
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We report on a laboratory experiment testing for the presence of loss aversion, as separate from risk aversion …
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