On the Shape of the Probability Weighting Function

1999/02/01 by Richard Gonzalez, George Wu · 1,426 citations
Decision Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · #Bayesian probability #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Econometrics #Economic and Environmental Valuation #Empirical probability #Function (biology) #Mathematics #Nonparametric statistics #Posterior probability #Probability distribution #Sports Analytics and Performance #Statistics #Weighting

paper · doi:10.1006/cogp.1998.0710

published in Cognitive Psychology 38(1), 129-166 (Elsevier BV)

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