Prospective and Retrospective Evaluations of Experiences: How You Evaluate an Experience Depends on when You Evaluate It

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-52

  Soman, Dilip ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Choice over time; Evaluation of experiences; Progress; Prospective evaluations; Retrospective evaluations; Reversal of relative evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037243808     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.431     Document Type: Article

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