Location, Location, Location: The Misprediction of Satisfaction in Housing Lotteries

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1421-1432

  Dunn, Elizabeth W ^a   Wilson, Timothy D ^a   Gilbert, Daniel T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia ^*

Author keywords

Affective forecasting; Emotion; Impact bias; Isolation effect; Predictors of happiness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HAPPINESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

FORECASTING; GAMBLING; HAPPINESS; HOUSING; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0142215272     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203256867     Document Type: Article

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