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Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk

April 4, 2023
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Kahneman, Daniel; Tversky, Amos

"This paper presents a critique of expected utility theory as a descriptive model of decision making under risk, and develops an alternative model, called prospect theory. Choices among risky prospects exhibit several pervasive effects that are inconsistent with the basic tenets of utility theory."

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