skewed risks. We show that salience theory of choice under risk can explain this preference for positive skewness, because … unlikely, but outstanding payoffs attract attention. In contrast to alternative models, however, salience theory predicts that … preferences—typically attributed to cumulative prospect theory—are more naturally accommodated by salience theory. …

So far, "salience theory of choice under risk" has been mainly applied to situations of risk rather than to those of … uncertainty. In this paper, we show that salience theory provides the prediction that Allais paradoxes should never occur in the …

skewed risks. We show that salience theory of choice under risk can explain this preference for positive skewness, because … unlikely, but outstanding payoffs attract attention. In contrast to alternative models, however, salience theory predicts that … preferences - typically attributed to cumulative prospect theory - are more naturally accommodated by salience theory. …

So far, "salience theory of choice under risk" has been mainly applied to situations of risk rather than to those of … uncertainty. In this paper, we show that salience theory provides the prediction that Allais paradoxes should never occur in the …