Risk-attitudes of the NSE 500 firms—Bowman's paradox and prospect theory perspectives

This study analyses risk-attitudes of NSE 500 firms by using Bowman's (1980) paradox from Kahneman and Tversky's (1979) prospect theory perspectives. It hypothesises that below median firms incline to be risk-seeking in light of Bowman's paradoxical negative risk–return association, a...

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Main Author: Ranjan Das Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:IIMB Management Review
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0970389617301799