Experiments on portfolio selection: A comparison between quantile preferences and expected utility decision models
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- Gabriel Montes-Rojas & Luciano de Castro & Antonio F. Galvao & Jeong Yeol Kim & José Olmo, 2021. "Experiments On Portfolio Selection: A Comparison Between Quantile Preferences And Expected Utility Decision Models," Documentos de trabajo del Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política IIEP (UBA-CONICET) 2021-68, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política IIEP (UBA-CONICET).
- Gabriel Montes Rojas & Luciano De Castro & Antonio Galvao & José Olmo & Kim Jeong Yeol, 2021. "Experiments on Portfolio Selection: A comparison between quantile preferences and expected utility decision models," Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers 4494, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política.
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Optimal asset allocation; Quantile preferences; Portfolio theory; Risk attitude; Predictive ability tests;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
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