prospect theory

theory of behavioral economics and behavioral finance that was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979
Thing economic_theory Q1151839

Facts

3 properties
🏷️ Also known as
en prospect theory ar نظرية احتمالية de Prospekttheorie de Neue Erwartungstheorie es Teoría de las perspectivas es Teoría de los prospectos es Teoria de la perspectiva es Teoría de la perspectiva es Teoria de las perspectivas fa نظریه دورنما fi lottoteoria fi prospektiteoria fr theorie des perspectives fr théorie des perspectives he תורת הערך he תורת הפרוספקטים it prospect theory it teoria dei prospetti it teoria del prospetto ja プロスペクト理論
🔖 Identifiers · 11
OpenAlex ID
C339426
BabelNet ID
01241128n
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/prospect-theory
Freebase ID
/m/01c0vy
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
prospect-theory
KBpedia ID
ProspectTheory
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
339426
Namuwiki ID
전망이론
Quora topic ID
Prospect-Theory
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID
29704-5
Topic's main category
Category:Prospect theory

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Instance of 2
Created notable works 1
Facet of 1
Topic's main category 1
← Category's main topic 1
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

prospect theory is an economic theory[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Daniel Kahneman[2], a psychologist[6], 1934–2024[7], of Israel[8], awarded the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology[9], specialised in cognitive psychology[10] and Amos Tversky[3], a psychologist[11], 1937–1996[12], of Israel[13], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[14], specialised in psychology[15].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). prospect theory. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/prospect-theory
MLA “prospect theory.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/prospect-theory.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_prospect-theory_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{prospect theory}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/prospect-theory}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): prospect theory — https://4ort.xyz/entity/prospect-theory (retrieved 2026-11-04)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/prospect-theory · Last refreshed: