Affective decision making: a theory of optimism bias

DOI10.1016/j.geb.2011.11.004zbMath1279.91054MaRDI QIDQ417671

Donald J. Brown, Anat Bracha

Publication date: 14 May 2012

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://cowles.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/pub/d17/d1759.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

affective expected utility; demand for insurance; optimism bias

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B06: Decision theory

91A10: Noncooperative games

91B16: Utility theory

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