Stocks as Lotteries: The Implications of Probability Weighting for Security Prices

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Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2008
Volume: 98
Issue: 5
Pages: 2066-2100

Authors (2)

Nicholas Barberis (not in RePEc) Ming Huang (China Europe International Bus...)

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We study the asset pricing implications of Tversky and Kahneman's (1992) cumulative prospect theory, with a particular focus on its probability weighting component. Our main result, derived from a novel equilibrium with nonunique global optima, is that, in contrast to the prediction of a standard expected utility

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RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:98:y:2008:i:5:p:2066-2100
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-02-02