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The Fourfold Pattern of Risk Attitudes in Choice and Pricing Tasks

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Lise Vesterlund
Bill Harbaugh
Kate Krause

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Paper provided by University of Pittsburgh, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 268.

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  1. Rick Harbaugh, 2005. "Prospect Theory or Skill Signaling?," Working Papers 2005-06, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy. [Downloadable!]
  2. Andrea Morone & Ozlem Ozdemir, 2006. "Valuing Protection against Low Probability, High Loss Risks: Experimental Evidence," Discussion Papers on Strategic Interaction 2006-34, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group. [Downloadable!]
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