Reference-Dependent Preferences A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Individual Reference-Point Formation /

• Main Author: Stommel, Evelyn (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Gabler, 2013.
• Subjects: Organization.; Planning.; Microeconomics.; Economics.

Most of our daily decisions are made under uncertainty and risk, without complete information about all relevant aspects. We all constantly make such decisions, from the simplest “should I take my raincoat today?” to more serious examples, such as those on investment and portfolio decisions, holding...

Table of Contents:

• Literature review and research gaps
• Empirical investigations: expectations as reference points, personality traits and their influence on reference point formation, managerial reference point formation
• Summary and discussion
• Outlook.