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The expo-power value function as a candidate for the work-horse specification in parametric versions of cumulative prospect theory

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The expo-power value function as a candidate for the work-horse specification in parametric versions of cumulative prospect theory. / Peel, D; Zhang, J.
In: Economics Letters, Vol. 105, No. 3, 2009, p. 326-329.

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title = "The expo-power value function as a candidate for the work-horse specification in parametric versions of cumulative prospect theory",
abstract = "The piecewise power value function proposed by Kahneman and Tversky is inconsistent with both theoretical and experimental work. We propose the expo-power function as an alternative to the power function and examine its ability to explain choices in Allais experiments.",
author = "D Peel and J Zhang",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1016/j.econlet.2009.09.007",
language = "English",
volume = "105",
pages = "326--329",
journal = "Economics Letters",
issn = "0165-1765",
publisher = "Elsevier",
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