We add some elements of prospect theory to an analytically tractable version of Lucas's “islands” model and show that the inclusion of reference dependence, declining sensitivity and loss aversion into the agents’ utility function leads to four main results. First, the presence of...

Kobayashi [Kobayashi, T., 2003. Multiplicative uncertainty in a model without inflationary bias. Economics Letters 80, 317-321.] claims that an increase in multiplicative uncertainty on the transmission mechanism of monetary policy improves social welfare when central bank's preferences are...

We show that in a modified Mortensen–Pissarides model the bargaining weights depend on the players’ loss-aversion parameters. These weights can hence be calibrated without resorting to an assessment of players’ bargaining powers, which have proved difficult to empirically establish.