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Second-best probability weighting [PDF]

open access: yesGames and Economic Behavior, 2023
Non-linear probability weighting is an integral part of descriptive theories of choice under risk such as prospect theory. But why do these objective errors in information processing exist?
Netzer, Nick; https://orcid.org/   +2 more
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Psychophysics of the probability weighting function [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
A probability weighting function w(p) for an objective probability p in decision under risk plays a pivotal role in Kahneman-Tversky's prospect theory.
Takahashi, Taiki, Taiki Takahashi
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Gender, financial risk, and probability weights [PDF]

open access: yesTheory and Decision, 2006
Women are commonly stereotyped as more risk averse than men in financial decision making. In this paper we examine whether this stereotype reflects actual differences in risk taking behavior by means of a laboratory experiment with monetary incentives ...
Renate Schubert   +2 more
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Probability weighting functions [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
Cumulative prospect theory (CPT) has been proposed as an alternative to expected utility theory to explain irregular behavior by economic agents. CPT comprises two key transformations: one of outcome values and the other of objective probabilities.
Pianca, Paolo, Nardon, Martina
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Curvature of the Probability Weighting Function [PDF]

open access: yesManagement Science, 1996
When individuals choose among risky alternatives, the psychological weight attached to an outcome may not correspond to the probability of that outcome.
Richard Gonzalez   +7 more
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Probability weighting and L-moments

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Operational Research, 2016
Several popular generalizations of expected utility theory - cumulative prospect theory, rank-dependent utility and Yaari's dual model - allow for non-linear transformation of (de-)cumulative probabilities.
Blavatskyy, P.
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Interaction between opium use and cigarette smoking on bladder cancer: An inverse probability weighting approach based on a multicenter case-control study in Iran. [PDF]

open access: goldGlob Epidemiol
Akrami R   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Insurance and Probability Weighting Functions [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
Evidence shows that (i) people overweight low probabilities and underweight high probabilities, but (ii) ignore events of extremely low probability and treat extremely high probability events as certain.
Ali al-Nowaihi (7585052)   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

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