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Cover 1 Half-title 3 Title 5 Copyright 6 Dedication 7 Contents 9 Contributors 13 Preface 17 Acknowledgments 19 SECTION I. Introduction 21 1 The Construction of Preference: An Overview 21 Overview of This Chapter 22 The Start of Preference Reversals 24 Economists' Reactions to Preference Reversals 26 Changing the Task 28 Changing the Stimuli 31 Do Economists Now Accept Preference Reversals? 31 The Blossoming of Preference Reversals 32 Psychological Theories of Preference Reversals 34 What Causes Preference Reversals Between P Bets and $ Bets? 40 Antecedents of Preference Construction 42 Evidence of Preference Construction 44 Theories of Preference Construction 46 Affect and Reason 48 Miswanting 50 Contingent Valuation 52 Preference Management 54 Managing Your Own Preferences 54 Using Tools To Manage Your Preferences 56 Managing the Preferences of Other People 57 Concluding Remarks 59 SECTION II. Preference Reversals 61 2 Relative Importance of Probabilities and Payoffs in Risk Taking 61 Descriptive Theories and Constructs 62 Experiment I 63 Method 63 Results 65 Discussion 69 Acknowledgments 71 3 Reversals of Preference Between Bids and Choices in Gambling Decisions 72 Experiment I 7

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Author
SARAH LICHTENSTEIN and PAUL SLOVIC (edt)
Published
2006
Language
EN
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Stem

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