An Empirical Test of Gain-Loss Separability in Prospect Theory

We investigate a basic premise of prospet theory: that the evaluation of gains and losses is separable. In prospect theory, gain-loss separability implies that a mixed gamble is valued by summing the valuations of the gain and loss portions of the gamble. Two experimental studies demonstrate a syste...

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Veröffentlicht in:Management Science. - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1954. - 54(2008), 7, Seite 1322-1335
1. Verfasser: Wu, George (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Markle, Alex B.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Management Science
Schlagworte:risky choice prospect theory mixed gambles double matching probability weighting function Behavioral sciences Mathematics Applied sciences