Modeling Dynamic Inconsistency with a Changing Reference Point

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-255

  Barkan, Rachel ^a   Busemeyer, Jerome R ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic consistency; Isolation integration; Preference reversal; Reference point

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142072623     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.444     Document Type: Article

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