Cross-cultural differences in risk perception, but cross-cultural similarities in attitudes towards perceived risk

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1205-1217

  Weber, Elke U ^a   Hsee, Christopher ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Risk; Risk Attitude; Risk Perception; Risk Preference; Risky Choice

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

RISK ATTITUDES; RISK PREFERENCES;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032154218     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.9.1205     Document Type: Article

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