Prospect Theory in Political Science: Gains and Losses From the First Decade

Political Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 289-312

  McDermott, Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Framing; Groups; Loss; Prospect theory; Reference point

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842832072     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2004.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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