prospect theory

theory of behavioral economics and behavioral finance that was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979
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prospect theory

Summary

prospect theory is an economic theory[1]. It draws 483 Wikipedia views per month (economic_theory category, ranking #9 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • prospect theory is credited with the discovery of Daniel Kahneman[3].
  • prospect theory is credited with the discovery of Amos Tversky[4].
  • prospect theory's instance of is recorded as economic theory[5].
  • prospect theory's instance of is recorded as decision theory[6].
  • prospect theory's Commons category is recorded as Prospect theory[7].
  • prospect theory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01c0vy[8].
  • prospect theory's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prospect theory[9].
  • prospect theory's facet of is recorded as bias[10].
  • prospect theory's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/prospect-theory[11].
  • prospect theory's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01241128n[12].
  • prospect theory's Quora topic ID is recorded as Prospect-Theory[13].
  • prospect theory's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as prospect-theory[14].
  • prospect theory's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 29704-5[15].
  • prospect theory's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 339426[16].
  • prospect theory's KBpedia ID is recorded as ProspectTheory[17].
  • prospect theory's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 전망이론[18].
  • prospect theory's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C339426[19].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Daniel Kahneman[3], a psychologist[20], 1934–2024[21], of Israel[22], awarded the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology[23], specialised in cognitive psychology[24] and Amos Tversky[4], a psychologist[25], 1937–1996[26], of Israel[27], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[28], specialised in psychology[29].

Why It Matters

prospect theory draws 483 Wikipedia views per month (economic_theory category, ranking #9 of 59).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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