Choice Preferences without Inferences: Subconscious Priming of Risk Attitudes

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-262

  Erb, Hans Peter ^a   Bioy, Antoine ^b   Hilton, Denis J ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Deliberative mental operations; Priming effects; Risk attitudes; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042928161     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.416     Document Type: Article

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