Improving judgement with prepaid expert advice

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-190

  Sniezek, Janet A ^a   Schrah, Gunnar E ^a   Dalal, Reeshad S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice giving; Decision quality; Estimation accuracy; Monetary rewards

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044277161     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.468     Document Type: Article

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