Deciding to sell: The effect of prior inaction and offer source

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-232

  Butler, Adam ^a   Highhouse, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3020; 3660; 3920; D23; Decision making persistence; E49; Inaction inertia; Regret

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008807893     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(00)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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