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Testing Explanations of Preference Reversal: a Model

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  • Yves Alarie
  • Georges Dionne

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When Cubitt, Munro and Starmer (2004) presented their new experimental investigation of preference reversal, they pointed out that their test results cannot be explained by any of the best-known explanations proposed by economists and psychologists. In this paper we propose a model based on lotteries qualities to explain these new test results.

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  • Yves Alarie & Georges Dionne, 2005. "Testing Explanations of Preference Reversal: a Model," Cahiers de recherche 0510, CIRPEE.
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    Keywords

    Standard preference reversal; counter preference reversal; choice task; money valuation task; probability valuation task; lottery; test;
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    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General

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