Causal attribution and hindsight bias for economic developments

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 167-174

  Hölzl, Erik ^a   Kirchler, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 12944258615     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.1.167     Document Type: Article

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