Prospect Theory and the Risks Involved in Decision-Making: Content Analysis in ProQuest Articles

Authors

  • Sady Darcy da Silva-Junior Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul - IFRS http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8087-2161
  • Edimara Mezzomo Luciano Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2847-8845

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24023/FutureJournal/2175-5825/2016.v8i1.224

Keywords:

Prospect theory. Perceived risk. Decision making. Content analysis.

Abstract

In this study, the objective is to perform content analysis on articles of a reliable database, dealing with the prospect theory and the risks involved in the decision making process, evaluating some criteria for the theoretical and methodological approaches that allow a joint analysis and comparative. Therefore, a search in ProQuest database was performed which resulted in 15 articles that were submitted to content analysis process, based on the evaluation of nine factors identified by researchers. Among the results highlight the critical attitude to the prospect theory, in contrast to the assertion of his representative capacity of real situations and application in various situations.

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Published

2016-04-14

How to Cite

da Silva-Junior, S. D., & Luciano, E. M. (2016). Prospect Theory and the Risks Involved in Decision-Making: Content Analysis in ProQuest Articles. Future Studies Research Journal: Trends and Strategies, 8(1), 60–89. https://doi.org/10.24023/FutureJournal/2175-5825/2016.v8i1.224