What is Loss Aversion?

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Ulrich Schmidt
Horst Zank
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[1] Universität Hannover,Lehrstuhl für Finanzmarkttheorie
[2] The University of Manchester,School of Economic Studies
来源
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty | 2005年 / 30卷
关键词
prospect theory; loss aversion;
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摘要
A behavioral definition of loss aversion is proposed and its implications for original and cumulative prospect theory are analyzed. Original prospect theory is in agreement with the new loss aversion condition, and there utility is capturing all effects of loss aversion. In cumulative prospect theory loss aversion is captured by both the weighting functions and the utility function. Further, some restrictions apply for the weighting functions involved in the latter model.
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页码:157 / 167
页数:10
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