An Axiomatization of Cumulative Prospect Theory for Decision under Risk

Authors
  • P.P. Wakker
  • A. Chateauneuf
Publication date 1999
Journal Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Volume | Issue number 18
Pages (from-to) 137-145
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract Cumulative prospect theory was introduced by Tversky and Kahneman so as to combine the empirical realism of their original prospect theory with the theoretical advantages of Quiggin's rank-dependent utility. Preference axiomatizations were provided in several papers. All those axiomatizations, however, only consider decision under uncertainty. No axiomatization has been provided as yet for decision under risk, i.e., when given probabilities are transformed. Providing the latter is the purpose of this note. The resulting axiomatization is considerably simpler than that for uncertainty.
Document type Article
Published at
https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007886529870 (Final published version)
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