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The impact of (social) anchors on Prospect Theory's value function

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The impact of (social) anchors on Prospect Theory's value function. / Krull, Sebastian; Loschelder, David D.; Pelster, Matthias.
In: Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 98, 101916, 01.12.2024.

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Krull, S, Loschelder, DD & Pelster, M 2024, 'The impact of (social) anchors on Prospect Theory's value function', Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, vol. 98, 101916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2024.101916

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Krull, S., Loschelder, D. D., & Pelster, M. (2024). The impact of (social) anchors on Prospect Theory's value function. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 98, Article 101916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2024.101916

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Krull S, Loschelder DD, Pelster M. The impact of (social) anchors on Prospect Theory's value function. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 2024 Dec 1;98:101916. doi: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101916

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title = "The impact of (social) anchors on Prospect Theory's value function",
abstract = "Anchoring impacts risk-taking decisions. This paper provides experimental evidence (n = 744) that (social) anchors shift the Prospect Theory's value function (Kahneman and Tversky, 1979; Tversky and Kahneman, 1992). We observe that extreme (social) anchors lead to shifts in the value function, indicating a change in risk-taking. Anchors that are in line with risk-averse (risk-seeking) behavior lead, relative to the baseline, to more risk-averse (risk-seeking) decisions. Our findings are similar for social and non-social environments.",
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