Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/22019 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Working Paper No. 2007-01
Publisher: 
Kiel University, Department of Economics, Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper provides behavioral foundations for parametric weighting functions under rankdependent utility. This is achieved by decomposing the independence axiom of expected utility into separate meaningful properties. These conditions allow us to characterize rank-dependent utility with power and exponential weighting functions. Moreover, by restricting the conditions to subsets of the probability interval, foundations of rank-dependent utility with parametric inverse-S shaped weighting functions are obtained.
Subjects: 
Comonotonic independence
probability weighting function
preference foundation
rank-dependent utility
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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