Deep Thoughts and Shallow Frames: On the Susceptibility to Framing Effects

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-92

  LeBoeuf, Robyn A ^a   Shafir, Eldar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; need for cognition; Decision making; Framing effects; Justification provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037265965     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.433     Document Type: Article

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