An agent-based model of repeated decision making under risk: modeling the role of alternate reference points and risk behavior on long-run outcomes
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Agent-based modeling; Prospect theory; Repeated choice; Risk-taking; Social comparison;All these keywords.
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- C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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