Action Bias and Environmental Decisions

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-72

  Patt, Anthony ^a   Zeckhauser, Richard ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action bias; Behavioral economics; Loss aversion; Status quo bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034359744     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026517309871     Document Type: Article

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