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Economics

Behavioural Economics

What happens when you stop assuming people are rational.

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  • Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under RiskDaniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky, 1979· 29 pages

    People evaluate outcomes as gains and losses from a reference point, which breaks expected utility theory in predictable ways.

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